God made a little Gentian by Emily Dickinson
God made a little Gentian -- It tried -- to be a Rose -- And failed -- and all the Summer laughed -- But just before the Snows
There rose a Purple Creature -- That ravished all the Hill -- And Summer hid her Forehead -- And Mockery -- was still --
The Frosts were her condition -- The Tyrian would not come Until the North -- invoke it -- Creator -- Shall I -- bloom?
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