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A Shade upon the mind there passes

by Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson

882

A Shade upon the mind there passes
As when on Noon
A Cloud the mighty Sun encloses
Remembering

That some there be too numb to notice
Oh God
Why give if Thou must take away
The Loved?




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