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Emily Dickinson's Collected Poems

Part Two: Love 39. When roses cease to bloom, dear

WITH A FLOWER.


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!

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