The Sun is gay or stark
The Sun is gay or stark According to our Deed. If Merry, He is merrier -- If eager for the Dead
Or an expended Day He helped to make too bright His mighty pleasure suits Us not It magnifies our Freight
Emily Dickinson
The Sun is gay or stark According to our Deed. If Merry, He is merrier -- If eager for the Dead
Or an expended Day He helped to make too bright His mighty pleasure suits Us not It magnifies our Freight
Dickinson shows the sun changing shape depending on what we bring to it. When we’re lighthearted, it seems almost playful, outdoing our own merriment. But if we’re worn thin by grief or haunted by thoughts of the dead—or even just exhausted by a day that demanded too much brightness from us—the sun…
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