Nature rarer uses yellow

Emily Dickinson

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1830 to 1886

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Nature rarer uses yellow
   Than another hue;
Saves she all of that for sunsets, —
   Prodigal of blue,

Spending scarlet like a woman,
   Yellow she affords
Only scantly and selectly,
   Like a lover's words.

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