She sweeps with many-colored Brooms－1
And leaves the Shreds behind－
Oh Housewife in the Evening West－
Come back, and dust the Pond!
You dropped a Purple Ravelling in－5
You dropped an Amber thread－
And how you've littered all the East
With duds of Emerald!
And still, she plies her spotted Brooms,9
And still the Aprons fly,
Till Brooms fade softly into stars－
And then I come away－
And leaves the Shreds behind－
Oh Housewife in the Evening West－
Come back, and dust the Pond!
You dropped a Purple Ravelling in－5
You dropped an Amber thread－
And how you've littered all the East
With duds of Emerald!
And still, she plies her spotted Brooms,9
And still the Aprons fly,
Till Brooms fade softly into stars－
And then I come away－
(F.318/J.219)
[1] She:: a firework show.
[3] Housewife:: a female householder, a firework show, who decorates the evening sky.
[4] dust the Pond:: to strew or sprinkle the pond with dust of fireworks.
[5–10] A description of fireworks in the sky.
[11, 12] fade, stars:: how fireworks disappear, and the viewer leaves.