The Dandelion's pallid tube
by Emily Dickinson
· (no date)
Published 01/07/1880
The Dandelion's pallid tube
Astonishes the Grass,
And Winter instantly becomes
An infinite Alas —
The tube uplifts a signal Bud
And then a shouting Flower, —
The Proclamation of the Suns
That sepulture is o'er.