Emily Dickinson

10 December 1830 – 15 May 1886 / Amherst / Massachusetts

The One Who Could Repeat The Summer Day

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The One who could repeat the Summer day—
Were greater than itself—though He
Minutest of Mankind should be—

And He—could reproduce the Sun—
At period of going down—
The Lingering—and the Stain—I mean—

When Orient have been outgrown
And Occident—become Unknown—
His Name—remain—
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