If She Had Been the Mistletoe, di Emily Dickinson

If She Had Been the Mistletoe

If she had been the Mistletoe

And I had been the Rose—

How gay upon your table

My velvet life to close—

Since I am of the Druid,

And she is of the dew—

I’ll deck Tradition’s buttonhole—

And send the Rose to you.

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XLII SURGEONS must be very careful When they take the knife! Underneath their fine incisions Stirs the culprit,—Life!

The Work of Her that went, The Toil of Fellows done - In Ovens green our Mother bakes, By Fires of the Sun.

Heart, we will forget him, You and I, tonight! You must forget the warmth he gave… I will forget the light. When you have done pray tell me,

755 No Bobolink—reverse His Singing When the only Tree Ever He minded occupying By the Farmer be—

741 Drama’s Vitallest Expression is t… That arise and set about Us— Other Tragedy Perish in the Recitation—

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

The Devil—had he fidelity Would be the best friend— Because he has ability— But Devils cannot mend— Perfidy is the virtue

The Savior must have been A docile Gentleman— To come so far so cold a Day For little Fellowmen— The Road to Bethlehem

897 How fortunate the Grave— All Prizes to obtain— Successful certain, if at last, First Suitor not in vain.

Too cold is this To warm with Sun - Too stiff to bended be, To joint this Agate were a work - Outstaring Masonry -

936 This Dust, and its Feature— Accredited—Today—Will in a s… Cease to identify— This Mind, and its measure—

LV I envy seas whereon he rides, I envy spokes of wheels Of chariots that him convey, I envy speechless hills

684 Best Gains—must have the Losses’… To constitute them—Gains—

A little Dog that wags his tail And knows no other joy Of such a little Dog am I Reminded by a Boy Who gambols all the living Day

757 The Mountains—grow unnoticed— Their Purple figures rise Without attempt—Exhaustion— Assistance—or Applause—