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Emily Dickinson · Poems

Poem 203 of 446 · Second Series: Nature

The Humming-Bird

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A route of evanescence
With a revolving wheel;
A resonance of emerald,
A rush of cochineal;
And every blossom on the bush
Adjusts its tumbled head, --
The mail from Tunis, probably,
An easy morning's ride.

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