Come slowly – Eden! by Emily Dickinson

Come slowly – Eden!
Lips unused to Thee –
Bashful – sip thy Jessamines –
As the fainting Bee –

Reaching late his flower,
Round her chamber hums –
Counts his nectars –
Enters – and is lost in Balms.

More from Emily Dickinson:

• Wild nights – Wild nights!
• The Props assist the House
• You left me – Sire – two Legacies
• Publication – is the Auction
• I taste a liquor never brewed (214)
• A Route of Evanescence