Emily Dickinson

Dec. 10, 1830 - May 15, 1886

 

Presentiment is that long shadow on the lawn...

by Emily Dickinson

Presentiment is that long shadow on the lawn
Indicative that suns go down;
The notice to the startled grass
That darkness is about to pass.

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Poems
Copyright 1890
Little, Brown, And Company, Boston