Poems by Emily Dickinson: XVII ("Who robbed the woods")

Updated May 6, 2020 | Infoplease Staff
by EmilyDickinson
Secrets
Two Voyagers

XVII

Who robbed the woods,
The trusting woods?
The unsuspecting trees
Brought out their burrs and mosses
His fantasy to please.
He scanned their trinkets, curious,
He grasped, he bore away.
What will the solemn hemlock,
What will the fir-tree say?
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