Emily Dickinson

10 December 1830 – 15 May 1886 / Amherst / Massachusetts

The Color Of A Queen, Is This

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The Color of a Queen, is this—
The Color of a Sun
At setting—this and Amber—
Beryl—and this, at Noon—

And when at night—Auroran widths
Fling suddenly on men—
'Tis this—and Witchcraft—nature keeps
A Rank—for Iodine—
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