54. “A cap of lead across the sky.” Part Five: The Single Hound. Dickinson, Emily. 1924. Complete Poems

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

Part Five: The Single Hound

LIV

A CAP of lead across the sky
Was tight and surly drawn,
We could not find the Mighty Face,
The figure was withdrawn.

A chill came up as from a shaft,	5
Our noon became a well,
A thunder storm combines the charms
Of Winter and of Hell.