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Nature, the gentlest mother

Author: Emily Dickinson Year: 1890 Length: 416 characters Difficulty: demanding Public domain

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Nature, the gentlest mother, Impatient of no child, The feeblest or the waywardest, -- Her admonition mild In forest and the hill By traveller is heard, Restraining rampant squirrel Or too impetuous bird. How fair her conversation, A summer afternoon, -- Her household, her assembly; And when the sun goes down Her voice among the aisles Incites the timid prayer Of the minutest cricket, The most unworthy flower.

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This poem was printed in the 1890 selection of Dickinson's work. She lived almost all her life in the family house in Amherst, Massachusetts, and sent many poems to friends in letters. Her sister Lavinia found the manuscripts and pressed for their publication. Project Gutenberg carries that collection.

About this text

This poem was printed in the 1890 selection of Dickinson's work. She lived almost all her life in the family house in Amherst, Massachusetts, and sent many poems to friends in letters. Her sister Lavinia found the manuscripts and pressed for their publication. Project Gutenberg carries that collection.

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Short stanzas with commas and dashes, a good passage for practising line breaks and light punctuation together.

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