Flowers -- Well -- if anybody - A poem by Emily Dickinson


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Emily Dickinson - Flowers -- Well -- if anybody

Flowers -- Well -- if anybody
Can the ecstasy define --
Half a transport -- half a trouble --
With which flowers humble men:
Anybody find the fountain
From which floods so contra flow --
I will give him all the Daisies
Which upon the hillside blow.

Too much pathos in their faces
For a simple breast like mine --
Butterflies from St. Domingo
Cruising round the purple line --
Have a system of aesthetics --
Far superior to mine.

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Poet: Emily Dickinson Poem: 137. Flowers -- Well -- if anybody Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson Year: Published/Written in 1955 Poem of the Day: Jan 6 2013 Comment 1 of 1, added on July 18th, 2005 at 1:59 AM. dickinson is quite correct when asking " can the ecstasy define" ecsatasy can be quantified but too difficult to define therein lies the magic of emotions shimon weinroth shimon weinroth from Israel More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, Flowers -- Well -- if anybody, has received one comment so far. Click here to read it, and perhaps post a comment of your own.

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Poet: Emily Dickinson Poem: 137. Flowers -- Well -- if anybody Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson Year: Published/Written in 1955 Last read: 2013-05-21 15:23:30 Poem of the Day: Jan 6 2013 Viewed 7744 times. Added Jan 9 2004.

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