How many Flowers fail in Wood --
Or perish from the Hill --
Without the privilege to know
That they are Beautiful --
How many cast a nameless Pod
Upon the nearest Breeze --
Unconscious of the Scarlet Freight --
It bear to Other Eyes --
Classic poem
How many Flowers fail in Wood
Public domain/Source
About this poem
- First line
- How many Flowers fail in Wood --
- Poet
- Emily Dickinson
- Themes
- nature, love, solitude
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