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ReadingWillow structured literacy program for Australian students

On this long storm the Rainbow rose

Emily Dickinson·1830–1886
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On this long storm the Rainbow rose --On this late Morn -- the Sun --The clouds -- like listless Elephants --Horizons -- straggled down -- The Birds rose smiling, in their nests --The gales -- indeed -- were done --Alas, how heedless were the eyes --On whom the summer shone! The quiet nonchalance of death --No Daybreak -- can bestir --The slow -- Archangel's syllablesMust awaken her!