Public-domain poetry · from the anthology

"Lethe" in my flower,

by Emily Dickinson

19th-Century American · Short · 8 linesnature

"Lethe" in my flower, Of which they who drink In the fadeless orchards Hear the bobolink! Merely flake or petal As the Eye beholds Jupiter! my father! I perceive the rose!

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Public domain. Source: PoetryDB. Reproduced verbatim; see theanthology for the full collection.

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