The long sigh of the Frog

by Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)

The long sigh of the Frog
Upon a Summer's Day
Enacts intoxication
Upon the Revery —
But his receding Swell
Substantiates a Peace
That makes the Ear inordinate
For corporal release —

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