The Single Hound: Poems of a Lifetime by Emily Dickinson, Martha Dickinson Bianchi

Lightly Stepped a Yellow Star

LIGHTLY stepped a yellow star To its lofty place, Loosed the Moon her silver hat From her lustral face. All of evening softly lit As an astral hall– "Father," I observed to Heaven, "You are punctual."

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