"I dreaded that first Robin so" by Dickinson Poetry Multiple-Choice
I dreaded that first Robin, so,
But He is mastered, now,
I'm accustomed to Him grown,
He hurts a little, though -- I thought If I could only live (line 5)
Till that first Shout got by --
Not all Pianos in the Woods
Had power to mangle me -- I dared not meet the Daffodils --
For fear their Yellow Gown (line 10)
Would pierce me with a fashion
So foreign to my own -- I wished the Grass would hurry --
So -- when 'twas time to see --
He'd be too tall, the tallest one (line 15)
Could stretch -- to look at me -- I could not bear the Bees should come,
I wished they'd stay away
In those dim countries where they go,
What word had they, for me? (line 20) They're here, though; not a creature failed --
No Blossom stayed away
In gentle deference to me --
The Queen of Calvary -- Each one salutes me, as he goes, (line 25)
And I, my childish Plumes,
Lift, in bereaved acknowledgment
Of their unthinking Drums -- --Emily Dickinson (c. 1862)
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