The Notice that is called the Spring 1
Is but a month from here－
Put up my Heart thy Hoary work
And take a Rosy Chair.
Not any House the Flowers keep－5
The Birds enamor Care－
Our salary the longest Day
Is nothing but a Bier.
Is but a month from here－
Put up my Heart thy Hoary work
And take a Rosy Chair.
Not any House the Flowers keep－5
The Birds enamor Care－
Our salary the longest Day
Is nothing but a Bier.
(F.1319/J.1310)
[1, 2] Spring, a month away:: winter time.
[3] Heart:: a heart-cherry tree. Hoary work:: cleaning work of gray, musty leaves of the cherry tree.
[4] Rosy Chair:: a chair made by the cherry wood.
[5, 6] Not any, Flowers:: no flowers in the winter.
[7] salary:: the payment of garden cleaning.
[8] Bier:: a handbarrow of leaves.
[1] Notice, Spring:: a report in Springfield Republican.
[2] a month away:: Edward Dickinson died in June 16, 1874. This poem was written in 1874.
[3] Hoary work:: the burial of her father.
[5] Flowers:: the nice words, obitury of her father.
[6] Birds:: smart people.
[7] salary:: Edward's work for the country.
[8] Bier:: a tomb, a sepulchre (OED 3).