Poem of the Day

June 13, 2008

The Sun Kept Setting

Filed under: emily-dickinson — Tejvan Pettinger @ 6:01 pm

THE SUN kept setting, setting still;
No hue of afternoon
Upon the village I perceived,—
From house to house ’t was noon.

The dusk kept dropping, dropping still;
No dew upon the grass,
But only on my forehead stopped,
And wandered in my face.

My feet kept drowsing, drowsing still,
My fingers were awake;
Yet why so little sound myself
Unto my seeming make?

How well I knew the light before!
I could not see it now.
’T is dying, I am doing; but
I ’m not afraid to know.

- Emily Dickinson

1 Comment »

  1. She is a woman of mystery with an awsome God given talent.

    Comment by Ashee — June 17, 2008 @ 8:26 pm

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