“My nosegays are for captives.” Part Two: Nature. Dickinson, Emily. 1924. Complete Poems

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Emily Dickinson (1830–86). Complete Poems. 1924.

Part Two: Nature

Epigram

MY nosegays are for captives;
Dim, long-expectant eyes,
Fingers denied the plucking,
Patient till paradise

To such, if they should whisper	5
Of morning and the moor,
They bear no other errand,
And I, no other prayer