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Classic poem

On this long storm the Rainbow rose

by Emily Dickinson

On this long storm the Rainbow rose --

On this late Morn -- the Sun --

The clouds -- like listless Elephants --

Horizons -- straggled down --

The Birds rose smiling, in their nests --

The gales -- indeed -- were done --

Alas, how heedless were the eyes --

On whom the summer shone!

The quiet nonchalance of death --

No Daybreak -- can bestir --

The slow -- Archangel's syllables

Must awaken her!

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About this poem

First line
On this long storm the Rainbow rose --
Poet
Emily Dickinson
Themes
nature, death, solitude

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