To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee, —One clover, and a bee,And revery.The revery alone will doIf bees are few.
Emily Dickinson · Poems by Emily Dickinson
Nature & seasons
“To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee, —”
- Author
- Emily Dickinson
- Work
- Poems by Emily Dickinson
- Year
- 1891
- Length
- 28 words
- Source
- Project Gutenberg eBook #12242
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