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How know it from a Summers Day?

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How know it from a Summers Day? by Emily Dickinson

 How know it from a Summer's Day?
Its Fervors are as firm --
And nothing in the Countenance
But scintillates the same --
Yet Birds examine it and flee --
And Vans without a name
Inspect the Admonition
And sunder as they came --

Form: Lyric

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