From all the Jails the Boys and Girls
Ecstatically leap --
Beloved only Afternoon
That Prison doesn't keep
They storm the Earth and stun the Air,
A Mob of solid Bliss --
Alas -- that Frowns should lie in wait
For such a Foe as this --
Classic poem
From all the Jails the Boys and Girls
Public domain/Source
About this poem
- First line
- From all the Jails the Boys and Girls
- Poet
- Emily Dickinson
- Themes
- love
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