Poems (Series 3) / by Emily Dickinson [electronic text]

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Author

Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886

Editor

Todd, Mabel Loomis, 1856-1932

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Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown, and Co.

1914

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 XII.   HIGH from the earth I heard a bird; He trod upon the trees As he esteemed them trifles, And then he spied a breeze, And situated softly  Upon a pile of wind Which in a perturbation Nature had left behind. A joyous-going fellow I gathered from his talk, Which both of benedictionAnd badinage partook, Without apparent burden, I learned, in leafy wood He was the faithful father Of a dependent brood; And this untoward transport His remedy for care, — A contrast to our respites. How different we are!      