Writings by Susan Dickinson


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H ST13a


The Sun retired to a cloud
A woman's shawl as big
And there he sucked in mercury
Upon a scarlet log -
The drops on Nature's forehead stood
Home flew the loaded bees
The South unrolled a purple fan
And handed to the trees
E.


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