Nature poems
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She could not live upon the Past
© Emily Dickinson
She could not live upon the Past
The Present did not know her
And so she sought this sweet at last
And nature gently owned her
The mother that has not a knell
for either Duke or Robin
Shame is the shawl of Pink
© Emily Dickinson
Shame is the shawl of Pink
In which we wrap the Soul
To keep it from infesting Eyes --
The elemental Veil
Ribbons of the Year --
© Emily Dickinson
Ribbons of the Year --
Multitude Brocade --
Worn to Nature's Party once
Rest at Night
© Emily Dickinson
Rest at Night
The Sun from shining,
Nature -- and some Men --
Rest at Noon -- some Men --
While Nature
And the Sun -- go on --
Pink -- small -- and punctual --
© Emily Dickinson
Pink -- small -- and punctual --
Aromatic -- low --
Covert -- in April --
Candid -- in May --
Peril as a Possesssion
© Emily Dickinson
Peril as a Possesssion
'Tis Good to hear
Danger disintegrates Satiety
There's Basis there --
One Joy of so much anguish
© Emily Dickinson
One Joy of so much anguish
Sweet nature has for me
I shun it as I do Despair
Or dear iniquity --
Of Nature I shall have enough
© Emily Dickinson
Of Nature I shall have enough
When I have entered these
Entitled to a Bumble bee's
Familiarities.
Now I knew I lost her --
© Emily Dickinson
Now I knew I lost her --
Not that she was gone --
But Remoteness travelled
On her Face and Tongue.
Not any sunny tone
© Emily Dickinson
Not any sunny tone
From any fervent zone
Find entrance there --
Better a grave of Balm
Not any more to be lacked --
© Emily Dickinson
Not any more to be lacked --
Not any more to be known --
Denizen of Significance
For a span so worn --
No man saw awe, nor to his house
© Emily Dickinson
No man saw awe, nor to his house
Admitted he a man
Though by his awful residence
Has human nature been.
Nature rarer uses Yellow
© Emily Dickinson
Nature rarer uses Yellow
Than another Hue.
Saves she all of that for Sunsets
Prodigal of Blue
Nature can do no more
© Emily Dickinson
Nature can do no more
She has fulfilled her Dyes
Whatever Flower fail to come
Of other Summer days
Nature assigns the Sun --
© Emily Dickinson
Nature assigns the Sun --
That -- is Astronomy --
Nature cannot enact a Friend --
That -- is Astrology.
Nature and God -- I neither knew
© Emily Dickinson
Nature and God -- I neither knew
Yet Both so well knew me
They startled, like Executors
Of My identity.
Nature affects to be sedate
© Emily Dickinson
Nature affects to be sedate
Upon occasion, grand
But let our observation shut
Her practices extend
Nature -- sometimes sears a Sapling
© Emily Dickinson
Nature -- sometimes sears a Sapling --
Sometimes -- scalps a Tree --
Her Green People recollect it
When they do not die --
Look back on Time, with kindly eyes --
© Emily Dickinson
Look back on Time, with kindly eyes --
He doubtless did his best --
How softly sinks that trembling sun
In Human Nature's West --
Lain in Nature -- so suffice us
© Emily Dickinson
Lain in Nature -- so suffice us
The enchantless Pod
When we advertise existence
For the missing Seed --
