The pretty Rain from those sweet Eaves

Portrait of Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson 1830–1886
1426Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson

The pretty Rain from those sweet Eaves Her unintending Eyes -- Took her own Heart, including ours, By innocent Surprise --

The wrestle in her simple Throat To hold the feeling down That vanquished her -- defeated Feat -- Was Fervor's sudden Crown --

From the bookComplete Poems of Emily DickinsonEdited by Thomas H. Johnson (Little, Brown)

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