The Sun and Moon must make their haste --

Read 'The Sun and Moon must make their haste --' by 'Emily Dickinson' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.

The Sun and Moon must make their haste -- by Emily Dickinson

 The Sun and Moon must make their haste --
The Stars express around
For in the Zones of Paradise
The Lord alone is burned --

His Eye, it is the East and West --
The North and South when He
Do concentrate His Countenance
Like Glow Worms, flee away --

Oh Poor and Far --
Oh Hindred Eye
That hunted for the Day --
The Lord a Candle entertains
Entirely for Thee --

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