Emily Dickinson

10 December 1830 – 15 May 1886 / Amherst / Massachusetts

She Sped As Petals Of A Rose

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She sped as Petals of a Rose
Offended by the Wind—
A frail Aristocrat of Time
Indemnity to find—
Leaving on nature—a Default
As Cricket or as Bee—
But Andes in the Bosoms where
She had begun to lie—
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