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Emily Dickinson (1830–86). Complete Poems. 1924. |
Part Two: Nature CIV |
| THE BAT is dun with wrinkled wings | |
| Like fallow article, | |
| And not a song pervades his lips, | |
| Or none perceptible. | |
| His small umbrella, quaintly halved, | 5 |
| Describing in the air | |
| An arc alike inscrutable,— | |
| Elate philosopher! | |
| Deputed from what firmament | |
| Of what astute abode, | 10 |
| Empowered with what malevolence | |
| Auspiciously withheld. | |
| To his adroit Creator | |
| Ascribe no less the praise; | |
| Beneficent, believe me, | 15 |
| His eccentricities. |
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