A curious Cloud surprised the Sky,
'Twas like a sheet with Horns;
The sheet was Blue --
The Antlers Gray --
It almost touched the lawns.

So low it leaned -- then statelier drew --
And trailed like robes away,
A Queen adown a satin aisle
Had not the majesty.

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Poet: Emily Dickinson
Poem: 1710. A curious Cloud surprised the Sky,
Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Year: Published/Written in 1955
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