Nature affects to be sedate
Nature affects to be sedate Upon occasion, grand But let our observation shut Her practices extend
To Necromancy and the Trades Remote to understand Behold our spacious Citizen Unto a Juggler turned --
Emily Dickinson
Nature affects to be sedate Upon occasion, grand But let our observation shut Her practices extend
To Necromancy and the Trades Remote to understand Behold our spacious Citizen Unto a Juggler turned --
Emily Dickinson’s short verse catches nature in a crafty mood. At first glance, the natural world can seem dignified and composed — it “affects to be sedate” on grand occasions.
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