The single hound : poems of a lifetime

Dickinson, Emily (1830-1886)

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[LXXIV. This quiet Dust was Gentlemen and Ladies]

This quiet Dust was Gentlemen and Ladies,
And Lads and Girls;
Was laughter and ability and sighing,
And frocks and curls.
This passive place a Summer's nimble mansion,
Where Bloom and Bees
Fulfilled their Oriental Circuit,
Then ceased like these.

University of Virginia Library

[LXXIV. This quiet Dust was Gentlemen and Ladies]