To flee from memory
Had we the Wings
Many would fly
Inured to slower things
Birds with surprise
Would scan the cowering Van
Of men escaping
From the mind of man
To flee from memory
Analysis, meaning and summary of Emily Dickinson's poem To flee from memory
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