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The Grass so little has to do — (poem 333)
by Emily Dickinson
The Grass so little has to do —
A Sphere of simple Green —
With only Butterflies to brood
And Bees to entertain —
And stir all day to pretty Tunes
The Breezes fetch along —
And hold the Sunshine in its lap
And bow to everything —
And thread the Dews, all night, like Pearls —
And make itself so fine
A Duchess were too common
For such a noticing —
And even when it dies — to pass
In Odors so divine —
Like Lowly spices, gone to sleep —
Or amulets of pine —
And then, to dwell in Sovereign Barns —
And dream the Days away,
The Grass so little has to do
I wish I were a Hay —
Recordings
Paul Sperry Sings Romantic American Song
(Paul Bowles, Theodore Chanler, Arthur Farwell, Richard Hundley and Virgil Thomson)
1995