Poem A Day

Summer laid her simple Hat

by Emily Dickinson

Summer laid her simple Hat

On its boundless Shelf --

Unobserved -- a Ribbon slipt,

Snatch it for yourself.

Summer laid her supple Glove

In its sylvan Drawer --

Wheresoe'er, or was she --

The demand of Awe?

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