Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TO HEAR AN ORIOLE SING, by EMILY DICKINSON


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Last Line: "no sir! In thee!"
Subject(s): Orioles; Songs


To hear an Oriole sing
May be a common thing -
Or only a divine.

It is not of the Bird
Who sings the same, unheard,
As unto Crowd -

The Fashion of the Ear
Attireth that it hear
In Dun, or fair -

So whether it be Rune,
Or whether it be none
Is of within.

The "Tune is in the Tree -"
The Skeptic - showeth me -
"No Sir! In Thee!"




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