101. “Sweet is the swamp with its secrets.” 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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SWEET is the swamp with its secrets,
Until we meet a snake;
’T is then we sigh for houses,
And our departure take

At that enthralling gallop	5
That only childhood knows.
A snake is summer’s treason,
And guile is where it goes.