THE LARGEST fire ever known
Occurs each afternoon,
Discovered is without surprise,
Proceeds without concern:
Consumes, and no report to men,
An Occidental town,
Rebuilt another morning
To be again burned down.
More verses by Emily Dickinson
- She could not live upon the Past
- High From The Earth I Heard A Bird
- 'Tis Anguish Grander Than Delight
- Low At My Problem Bending
- I Sometimes Drop It, For A Quick