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The Dandelion's pallid tube

A poem by Emily Dickinson · No. 1519

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Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
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October 9, 2007
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Emily Dickinson 1830–1886
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The Dandelion's pallid tube Astonishes the Grass, And Winter instantly becomes An infinite Alas --

The tube uplifts a signal Bud And then a shouting Flower, -- The Proclamation of the Suns That sepulture is o'er.

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

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