Consulting summer's clock,

Emily DickinsonContemplative

Consulting summer's clock, But half the hours remain. I ascertain it with a shock -- I shall not look again. The second half of joy Is shorter than the first. The truth I do not dare to know I muffle with a jest.

Emily Dickinson
Mood:
Contemplative
Topics:
joy, transience, truth, humor, concealment

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