Nature assigns the Sun --
Nature assigns the Sun -- That -- is Astronomy -- Nature cannot enact a Friend -- That -- is Astrology.
Emily Dickinson
Nature assigns the Sun -- That -- is Astronomy -- Nature cannot enact a Friend -- That -- is Astrology.
In just four lines, Emily Dickinson draws a sharp line between what the natural world can do and what we wish it could. She points out that nature places the sun in the sky — a fact studied by astronomy, a real science.
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