Read the poem: “The nearest dream recedes, unrealized”

by Emily Dickinson

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American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson
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The nearest dream recedes, unrealized

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The nearest dream recedes, unrealized.

       The heaven we chase

       Like the June bee

       Before the school-boy

       Invites the race;

       Stoops to an easy clover —

Dips — evades — teases — deploys;

       Then to the royal clouds

       Lifts his light pinnace

       Heedless of the boy

Staring, bewildered, at the mocking sky.

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       Homesick for steadfast honey,

       Ah! the bee flies not

That brews that rare variety.

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American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson

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