Nature
To my quick ear the leaves conferred
Nature
To my quick ear the leaves conferred;
The bushes they were bells;
I could not find a privacy
From Nature's sentinels.
In cave if I presumed to hide,
The walls began to tell;
Creation seemed a mighty crack
To make me visible.
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MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “To my quick ear the leaves conferred.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/367/.
Chicago
Dickinson, Emily. “To my quick ear the leaves conferred.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/367/.
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