The Mind

These are signs to Nature's inns,

by Emily Dickinson 1830–1886

From Further Poems of Emily Dickinson (1929)

The Mind

These are the signs to Nature's inns,
Her invitation broad
For whomsoever famishing
To taste her mystic bread.

These are the rites of Nature's house,
The hospitality
That opens with an equal width
To beggar or to bee.

For sureties of her staunch estate,
Her undecaying cheer,
The purple in the East is set
And in the North, the star.

MLA

Dickinson, Emily. “These are signs to Nature's inns.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/601/.

Chicago

Dickinson, Emily. “These are signs to Nature's inns.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/601/.

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