Nature can do no more
Nature can do no more She has fulfilled her Dyes Whatever Flower fail to come Of other Summer days Her crescent reimburse If other Summers be Nature's imposing negative Nulls opportunity --
Emily Dickinson
Nature can do no more She has fulfilled her Dyes Whatever Flower fail to come Of other Summer days Her crescent reimburse If other Summers be Nature's imposing negative Nulls opportunity --
In just a few lines, Emily Dickinson imagines Nature as a painter who has used up every color. She says “Nature can do no more / She has fulfilled her Dyes,” meaning the palette is empty; whatever flower fails to bloom on remaining summer days simply cannot appear, because the creative stock is…
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