Poetry & Verse
Consulting summer's clock,
By Emily DickinsonSource: Emily Dickinson - PoetryDB (Public Domain)Short36 words
Consulting summer's clock, But half the hours remain. I ascertain it with a shock -- I shall not look again. The second half of joy...
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Consulting summer's clock, But half the hours remain. I ascertain it with a shock -- I shall not look again. The second half of joy Is shorter than the first. The truth I do not dare to know I muffle with a jest.
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