The Poems of Emily Dickinson, Variorum Edition, Franklin, 1998
Emily Dickinson Archive
To her derided Home A weed of Summer came - She did not know her station low Nor ignominy's Name - Bestowed a Summer longUpon a fameless Flower - Then swept as lightly from Disdain As Lady from her Bower - The Dandelion's Shield Is valid as a Star -The Buttercup's Escutcheon - Sustains him anywhere -