 | Poems by Emily Dickinson |  |
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[III. At half-past three a single bird]
At half-past three a single bird
Unto a silent sky
Propounded but a single term
Of cautious melody.
Unto a silent sky
Propounded but a single term
Of cautious melody.
At half-past four, experiment
Had subjugated test,
And lo! her silver principle
Supplanted all the rest.
Had subjugated test,
And lo! her silver principle
Supplanted all the rest.
At half-past seven, element
Nor implement was seen,
And place was where the presence was,
Circumference between.
Nor implement was seen,
And place was where the presence was,
Circumference between.
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