Nature
Oh, Shadow on the Grass!
From Further Poems of Emily Dickinson (1929)
Nature
Oh, Shadow on the Grass!
Art thou a step,
Or not?
Go make thee fair,
My candidate,
My nominated Heart!
Oh, Shadow on the Grass!
While I delayed
To guess,
Some other thou
Didst consecrate,
Oh, unelected
Face!
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MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “Oh, Shadow on the Grass!” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/556/.
Chicago
Dickinson, Emily. “Oh, Shadow on the Grass!” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/556/.
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