As Sleigh Bells seem in summer
Or Bees, at Christmas show —
So fairy — so fictitious
The individuals do
Repealed from observation —
A Party that we knew —
More distant in an instant
Than Dawn in Timbuctoo.

Analysis, meaning and summary of Emily Dickinson's poem As Sleigh Bells seem in summer

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