The Mind
Of this is Day composed
From The Single Hound (1914)
The Mind
Of this is Day composed—
A morning and a noon,
A Revelry unspeakable
And then a gay Unknown;
Whose Pomps allure and spurn—
And dower and deprive,
And penury for glory
Remedilessly leave.
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MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “Of this is Day composed.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/703/.
Chicago
Dickinson, Emily. “Of this is Day composed.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/703/.
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