Nature
Like brooms of steel
From The Single Hound (1914)
Nature
Like brooms of steel
The Snow and Wind
Had swept the Winter Street,
The House was hooked,
The Sun sent out
Faint Deputies of heat—
Where rode the Bird
The Silence tied
His ample, plodding Steed,
The Apple in the cellar snug
Was all the one that played.
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MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “Like brooms of steel.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/687/.
Chicago
Dickinson, Emily. “Like brooms of steel.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/687/.
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