Sweet Mountains -- Ye tell Me no lie --

Read 'Sweet Mountains -- Ye tell Me no lie --' by 'Emily Dickinson' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.

Sweet Mountains -- Ye tell Me no lie -- by Emily Dickinson

 Sweet Mountains -- Ye tell Me no lie --
Never deny Me -- Never fly --
Those same unvarying Eyes
Turn on Me -- when I fail -- or feign,
Or take the Royal names in vain --
Their far -- slow -- Violet Gaze --

My Strong Madonnas -- Cherish still --
The Wayward Nun -- beneath the Hill --
Whose service -- is to You --
Her latest Worship -- When the Day
Fades from the Firmament away --
To lift Her Brows on You --

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