We should not mind so small a flower

We should not mind so small a flower -
Except it quiet bring
Our little garden that we lost
Back to the Lawn again. 

So spicy her Carnations nod -
So drunken, reel her Bees -
So silver steal a hundred flutes
From out a hundred trees -

That whoso sees this little flower
By faith may clear behold
The Bobolinks around the throne
And Dandelions gold.

by Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) , no title

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by Arthur Farwell (1872-1952) , "We should not mind so small a flower", op. 108 (Ten Emily Dickinson Songs) no. 6.

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