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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE HEMLOCK, by EMILY DICKINSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: I think the hemlock likes to stand
Last Line: And dnieper wrestlers run.
Subject(s): Hemlocks
First Line: I think the hemlock likes to stand
Last Line: And dnieper wrestlers run.
Subject(s): Hemlocks
I THINK the hemlock likes to stand
Upon a marge of snow;
It suits his own austerity,
And satisfies an awe
That men must slake in wilderness,
Or in the desert cloy, --
An instinct for the hoar, the bald,
Lapland's necessity.
The hemlock's nature thrives on cold;
The gnash of northern winds
Is sweetest nutriment to him,
His best Norwegian wines.
To satin races he is nought;
But children on the Don
Beneath his tabernacles play,
And Dnieper wrestlers run.
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