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Playfully SpeakingA Wounded Deer Leaps Highest, |
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Author Emily Dickinson
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A wounded deer leaps highest, I've heard the hunter tell; 'Tis but the ecstasy of death, And then the brake is still. The smitten rock that gushes, The trampled steel that springs: A cheek is always redder Just where the hectic stings! Mirth is mail of anguish, In which its cautious arm Lest anybody spy the blood And, "you're hurt" exclaim
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Poem I.D. 2003 |
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copyright © 2001 Playfully Speaking |
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