Tuesday, May 27

Emily D., on trying to find the right words

I found the phrase to every thought

I ever had, but one;

And that defies me, -- as a hand

Did try to chalk the sun

To races nurtured in the dark; --

How would your own begin?

Can blaze be done in cochineal,

Or noon in mazarin?




The thought beneath so slight a film

Is more distinctly seen, --

As laces just reveal the surge

Or mists the Apennine.

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