Have you got a Brook in your little heart,

Have you got a Brook in your little heart,
Where bashful flowers blow,
And blushing birds go down to drink,
And shadows tremble so —

And nobody knows, so still it flows,
That any brook is there,
And yet your little draught of life
Is daily drunken there —

Why, look out for the little brook in March,
When the rivers overflow,
And the snows come hurrying from the fills,
And the bridges often go —

And later, in August it may be —
When the meadows parching lie,
Beware, lest this little brook of life,
Some burning noon go dry!

Analysis, meaning and summary of Emily Dickinson's poem Have you got a Brook in your little heart,

1 Comment

  1. crystal says:

    The poem has a typo. It is “hills” not fills. Also, I’m pretty sure it’s “then” not why in the line where it talks about march.

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