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 The Wind begun to rock the Grass by Emily Dickinson
The Wind begun to rock the Grass
With threatening Tunes and low -- He threw a Menace at the Earth -- A Menace at the Sky. The Leaves unhooked themselves from Trees -- And started all abroad The Dust did scoop itself like Hands And threw away the Road. The Wagons quickened on the Streets The Thunder hurried slow -- The Lightning showed a Yellow Beak And then a livid Claw. The Birds put up the Bars to Nests -- The Cattle fled to Barns -- There came one drop of Giant Rain And then as if the Hands That held the Dams had parted hold The Waters Wrecked the Sky, But overlooked my Father's House -- Just quartering a Tree -- |
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