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Like Some Old fashioned Miracle

Read 'Like Some Old fashioned Miracle' by 'Emily Dickinson' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.

Like Some Old fashioned Miracle by Emily Dickinson

 Like Some Old fashioned Miracle
When Summertime is done --
Seems Summer's Recollection
And the Affairs of June

As infinite Tradition
As Cinderella's Bays --
Or Little John -- of Lincoln Green --
Or Blue Beard's Galleries --

Her Bees have a fictitious Hum --
Her Blossoms, like a Dream --
Elate us -- till we almost weep --
So plausible -- they seem --

Her Memories like Strains -- Review --
When Orchestra is dumb --
The Violin in Baize replaced --
And Ear -- and Heaven -- numb --

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