It sifts from Leaden sieves | Affiliated Manuscripts

A 257 (Fr291C)

ca. 1865

Pencil | Fair copy | Unbound (loose sheets/leaves)

On wove, off-white stationery

Retained in Dickinson's archive.

It sifts from Leaden 
sieves 
It powders all the Wood 
It fills with Alabaster 
Wool
The wrinkles of the 
Road –
It scatters like 
the Birds 
Condenses like a Flock 
Like Juggler’s Flowers 
situates
Opon a Baseless Arc –
It traverses – yet halts –
Disperses, while it stays 
Then curls itself in