16. “The clouds their backs together laid.” Part Four: Time and Eternity. Dickinson, Emily. 1924. Complete Poems

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

Part Four: Time and Eternity

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THE CLOUDS their backs together laid,
The north begun to push,
The forests galloped till they fell,
The lightning skipped like mice;
The thunder crumbled like a stuff—	5
How good to be safe in tombs,
Where nature’s temper cannot reach,
Nor vengeance ever comes!