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They dropped like Flakes

Emily Dickinson

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They dropped like Flakes—
They dropped like Stars—
Like Petals from a Rose—
When suddenly across the June
A wind with fingers—goes—

They perished in the Seamless Grass—
No eye could find the place—
But God can summon every face
Of his Repealless—List.
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From The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson | Written c. 1862
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