The Mind
When they come back,
From Further Poems of Emily Dickinson (1929)
The Mind
When they come back,
If Blossoms do—
I always feel a doubt
If Blossoms can be
Born again
When once the art
Is out.
When they begin,
If Robins may—
I always had a fear
I did not tell, it
Was their last
Experiment
Last year.
When it is May,
If May return—
Had nobody a pang
Lest on a face so beautiful
He might not look again?
If I am there—
One does not know
What party one may be
To-morrow,—but if I am
There
I take back all I say!
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Dickinson, Emily. “When they come back.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/619/.
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Dickinson, Emily. “When they come back.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/619/.
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