Nature
She died at play
From The Single Hound (1914)
Nature
She died at play,
Gambolled away
Her lease of spotted hours,
Then sank as gaily as a Turk
Upon a couch of flowers.
Her ghost strolled softly o'er the hill
Yesterday and today,
Her vestments as the silver fleece,
Her countenance as spray.
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MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “She died at play.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/711/.
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Dickinson, Emily. “She died at play.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/711/.
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