There`s a Certain Slant of Light
Date: Dec 16th, 2007 10:26:13 pm - Subscribe
Mood: stubborn
Emily Dickinson
There`s a Certain Slant of Light
There`s a certain slant of light,
On winter afternoons,
That oppresses, like the weight
Of cathedral tunes.
Heavenly hurt it gives us;
We can find no scar,
But internal difference
Where the meanings are.
None may teach it anything,
`T is the seal, despair,â€"
An imperial affliction
Sent us of the air.
When it comes, the landscape listens,
Shadows hold their breath;
When it goes, ’t is like the distance
On the look of death.
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