Poems by Emily Dickinson: XXIII ("The butterfly's assumption-gown")

Updated May 6, 2020 | Infoplease Staff
by EmilyDickinson
A Day
The Wind

XXIII

The butterfly's assumption-gown,
In chrysoprase apartments hung,
This afternoon put on.
How condescending to descend,
And be of buttercups the friend
In a New England town!
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