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Apparently with no surprise

by Emily Dickinson, 1890

Apparently with no surprise
To any happy flower,
The frost beheads it at its play
In accidental power.
The blond assassin passes on,
The sun proceeds unmoved
To measure off another day
For an approving God.

Published in Poems by Emily Dickinson
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