They dropped like Flakes --
They dropped like Stars --
Like Petals from a Rose --
When suddenly across the June
A wind with fingers -- goes --

They perished in the Seamless Grass --
No eye could find the place --
But God can summon every face
Of his Repealless -- List.

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Poet: Emily Dickinson
Poem: 409. They dropped like Flakes
Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Year: Published/Written in 1955

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