90. “To venerate the simple days.” Part One: Life. Dickinson, Emily. 1924. Complete Poems

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Emily Dickinson (1830–86). Complete Poems. 1924.

Part One: Life

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TO venerate the simple days
Which lead the seasons by,
Needs but to remember
That from you or me
They may take the trifle	5
Termed mortality!

To invest existence with a stately air,
Needs but to remember
That the acorn there
Is the egg of forests	10
For the upper air!