Poems — First Series by Emily Dickinson, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Mabel Loomis Todd

The Morns Are Meeker Than They Were

The morns are meeker than they were, The nuts are getting brown; The berry's cheek is plumper, The rose is out of town.

The maple wears a gayer scarf, The field a scarlet gown. Lest I should be old-fashioned, I'll put a trinket on.

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