Summer -- we all have seen --

Summer -- we all have seen --
A few of us -- believed --
A few -- the more aspiring
Unquestionably loved --
But Summer does not care --
She goes her spacious way
As eligible as the moon
To our Temerity --
The Doom to be adored --
The Affluence conferred --
Unknown as to an Ecstasy
The Embryo endowed --

About Emily Dickinson

American poet known for her unconventional use of form and syntax. Most of her work was published posthumously.

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