Poems by Emily Dickinson: Refuge

Updated May 6, 2020 | Infoplease Staff
by EmilyDickinson
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Refuge

Refuge

The clouds their backs together laid,
The north begun to push,
The forests galloped till they fell,
The lightning skipped like mice;
The thunder crumbled like a stuff —
How good to be safe in tombs,
Where nature's temper cannot reach,
Nor vengeance ever comes!
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