The Mountains stood in Haze --

Read 'The Mountains stood in Haze --' by 'Emily Dickinson' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.

The Mountains stood in Haze -- by Emily Dickinson

 The Mountains stood in Haze --
The Valleys stopped below
And went or waited as they liked
The River and the Sky.

At leisure was the Sun --
His interests of Fire
A little from remark withdrawn --
The Twilight spoke the Spire,

So soft upon the Scene
The Act of evening fell
We felt how neighborly a Thing
Was the Invisible.

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