The Mind
Through the dark sod
From Further Poems of Emily Dickinson (1929)
The Mind
Through the dark sod
As education
The Lily passes sure,
Feels her white foot no
Trepidation,
Her faith no fear.
Afterward in the meadow
Swinging her beryl bell,
The mold-life all
Forgotten now—
In ecstasy and dell.
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Dickinson, Emily. “Through the dark sod.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/605/.
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Dickinson, Emily. “Through the dark sod.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/605/.
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