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Emily Dickinson (1830–86). Complete Poems. 1924.

Part Three: Love

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WHEN roses cease to bloom, dear,

And violets are done,

When bumble-bees in solemn flight

Have passed beyond the sun,

The hand that paused to gather

Upon this summer’s day

Will idle lie, in Auburn,—

Then take my flower, pray!