29. “The one that could repeat the summer day.” Part Two: Nature. Dickinson, Emily. 1924. Complete Poems

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

Part Two: Nature

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THE ONE that could repeat the summer day
Were greater than itself, though he
Minutest of mankind might be.
And who could reproduce the sun,
At period of going down—	5
The lingering and the stain, I mean—
When Orient has been outgrown,
And Occident becomes unknown,
His name remain.