Summer is shorter than any one —
Life is shorter than Summer —
Seventy Years is spent as quick
As an only Dollar —
Sorrow — now — is polite — and stays —
See how well we spurn him —
Equally to abhor Delight —
Equally retain him —
Summer is shorter than any one —
Analysis, meaning and summary of Emily Dickinson's poem Summer is shorter than any one —
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