The Butterfly's Day.
From cocoon forth a butterfly As lady from her door Emerged -- a summer afternoon -- Repairing everywhere, Without design, that I could trace, Except to stray abroad On miscellaneous enterprise The clovers understood. Her pretty parasol was seen Contracting in a field Where men made hay, then struggling hard With an opposing cloud, Where parties, phantom as herself, To Nowhere seemed to go In purposeless circumference, As 't were a tropic show. And notwithstanding bee that worked, And flower that zealous blew, This audience of idleness Disdained them, from the sky, Till sundown crept, a steady tide, And men that made the hay, And afternoon, and butterfly, Extinguished in its sea.
AI analysis available. Enable JavaScript to interact.
About this line
"From cocoon forth a butterfly..."
Exploring the themes of classic, Emily Elizabeth Dickinson delivers a powerful performance in "The Butterfly's Day."... ### Why We Love This Line At Linespedia, we believe that poetry is the ultimate sanctuary for the soul...