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Poems by Emily Dickinson
Dickinson, Emily (1830-1886)
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Poems by Emily Dickinson
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[XXXI. Nature rarer uses yellow]
Nature
rarer uses yellow
Than another hue;
Saves she all of that for sunsets,—
Prodigal of blue,
Spending scarlet like a woman,
Yellow she affords
Only scantly and selectly,
Like a lover's words.
Poems by Emily Dickinson