A precious—mouldering pleasure (371)

Emily Dickinson * Track #23 On Poems by Emily Dickinson

Download "A precious—mouldering pleasure (371)"

Album Poems by Emily Dickinson

ALBUM

Emily Dickinson

A precious—mouldering pleasure (371) by Emily Dickinson

Performed by

Emily Dickinson

About

There’s nothing quite like an antique book for giving us a firsthand look at what things were like in a given era long ago. Many old books are primary sources for researchers and scholars. And anyone can spend an enjoyable time reading a quaint old story.
For us in the modern era, an “antique” book...

A precious—mouldering pleasure (371) Annotated

A precious—mouldering pleasure—'tis—
To meet an Antique Book—
In just the Dress his Century wore—
A privilege—I think—

His venerable Hand to take—
And warming in our own—
A passage back—or two—to make—
To Times when he—was young—

His quaint opinions—to inspect—
His thought to ascertain
On Themes concern our mutual mind—
The Literature of Man—

What interested Scholars—most—
What Competitions ran—
When Plato—was a Certainty—
And Sophocles—a Man—

When Sappho—was a living Girl—
And Beatrice wore
The Gown that Dante—deified—
Facts Centuries before

He traverses—familiar—
As One should come to Town—
And tell you all your Dreams—were true—
He lived—where Dreams were born—

His presence is Enchantment—
You beg him not to go—
Old Volume shake their Vellum Heads
And tantalize—just so—

A precious—mouldering pleasure (371) Q&A

Who wrote A precious—mouldering pleasure (371)'s ?

A precious—mouldering pleasure (371) was written by Emily Dickinson.

Your Gateway to High-Quality MP3, FLAC and Lyrics

― DownloadMP3FLAC.com ―

Support: [email protected]