Angels, in the Early Morning

ANGELS, in the early morning,
May be seen the dews among;
Stooping, plucking, smiling, flying:
Do the buds to them belong?

Angels, when the sun is hottest,
May be seen the sands among:
Stooping, plucking, sighing, flying, —
Parched the flowers they bear along.

First print Nature poem XVIII, 18
Johnson poem 94 | Franklin poem 73

■→IN POLISH

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Text compared with the fascicle and prepared for publication by Teresa Pelka, available under any of the following licenses:
■Creative Commons License 4.0, BY-SA 3.0, and License 2.5.

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■→Poems, first print by Higginson and Todd, page 90;
Adherent nominal comma (children as angels, morning or afternoon); adverbial semicolon (dews among) to become a colon (sands among) for stanza 2 premise and consequent (parched the flowers).

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■Notes for Emily Dickinson’s poetry;
Poems one-by-one print and fascicle comparison,
■Resource for Emily Dickinson’s poetry;
■Google Drive, manuscript fascicles.

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