Emily Dickinson (183086). Complete Poems. 1924. |
Part Two: Nature
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| WHO robbed the woods, | |
| The trusting woods? | |
| The unsuspecting trees | |
| Brought out their burrs and mosses | |
| His fantasy to please. | 5 |
| He scanned their trinkets, curious, | |
| He grasped, he bore away. | |
| What will the solemn hemlock, | |
| What will the fir-tree say? | |
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