Before you thought of Spring
Except as a Surmise
You see – God bless his suddenness -
A Fellow in the Skies
Of independent Hues
A little weather worn
Inspiriting habiliments
Of Indigo and Brown -
With specimens of Song
As if for you to choose -
Discretion in the interval
With gay delays he goes
To some superior Tree
Without a single Leaf
And shouts for joy to Nobody
But his seraphic self -
Emily Dickinson
Thank you for introducing me to this beautiful poem. Though a fan of Dickinson, I read it on your site for the first time. Poem of the Month is one of my favorite features of MyMinnesotaWoods.