Nature
How many flowers fail in wood,
From Further Poems of Emily Dickinson (1929)
Nature
How many flowers fail in wood,
Or perish from the hill
Without the privilege to know
That they are beautiful!
How many cast a nameless pod
Upon the nearest breeze,
Unconscious of the scarlet freight
It bears to other eyes!
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MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “How many flowers fail in wood.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/498/.
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Dickinson, Emily. “How many flowers fail in wood.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/498/.
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