Nature
The rainbow never tells me
From Further Poems of Emily Dickinson (1929)
Nature
The rainbow never tells me
That gust and storm are by;
Yet is she more convincing
Than philosophy.
My flowers turn from forums,
Yet eloquent declare
What Cato couldn't prove to me
Except the birds were here!
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MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “The rainbow never tells me.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/591/.
Chicago
Dickinson, Emily. “The rainbow never tells me.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/591/.
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