The Poems of Emily Dickinson, Variorum Edition, Franklin, 1998
Emily Dickinson Archive
There is a flower that Bees prefer -And Butterflies - desire - To gain the Purple Democrat The Humming Bird - aspire - And Whatsoever Insect pass -A Honey bear away Proportioned to his several dearth And her - capacity - Her face be rounder than the Moon And ruddier than the GownOf Orchis in the Pasture - Or Rhododendron - worn - She doth not wait for June - Before the World be Green -Her sturdy little CountenanceAgainst the Wind - be seen - Contending with the Grass - Near Kinsman to Herself - For privilege of Sod and Sun - Sweet Litigants for Life -And when the Hills be full - And newer fashions blow - Doth not retract a single spice For pang of jealousy - Her Public - be the Noon -Her Providence - the Sun - Her Progress - by the Bee - proclaimed - In sovreign - Swerveless Tune -The Bravest - of the Host - Surrendering - the last -Nor even of Defeat - aware - When cancelled by the Frost -