Nature
The Sun went down
From Further Poems of Emily Dickinson (1929)
Nature
The Sun went down—
No man looked on;
The Earth and I alone
Were present at the majesty,
He triumphed and went on.
The Sun went up—
No man looked on,
The Earth and I and One—
A nameless bird, a stranger,
Were witness for the Crown.
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MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “The Sun went down.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/579/.
Chicago
Dickinson, Emily. “The Sun went down.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/579/.
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