Poem A Day

As Sleigh Bells seem in summer

by Emily Dickinson

As Sleigh Bells seem in summer

Or Bees, at Christmas show --

So fairy -- so fictitious

The individuals do

Repealed from observation --

A Party that we knew --

More distant in an instant

Than Dawn in Timbuctoo.

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