A Day by Emily Dickinson

I’m up to the third book in the Mitford series (These High, Green Hills), and a poem from Miss Emily was quoted, so I thought I’d share.

A Day
By Emily Dickinson

I’ll tell you how the sun rose,—
A ribbon at a time.
The steeples swam in amethyst,
The news like squirrels ran.

The hills untied their bonnets,
The bobolinks begun.
Then I said softly to myself,
“That must have been the sun!”

But how he set, I know not.
There seemed a purple stile
Which little yellow boys and girls
Were climbing all the while

Till when they reached the other side,
A dominic in gray
Put gently up the evening bars,
And led the flock away.

Current Tea: Diva blend (Ceylon black tea with hints of hazelnut and chocolate)

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