The Nearest Dream Recedes, Unrealized

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Title:     The Nearest Dream Recedes, Unrealized
Author: Emily Dickinson [More Titles by Dickinson]

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.

Homesick for steadfast honey,
Ah! the bee flies not
That brews that rare variety.

[The end]
Emily Dickinson's poem: Nearest Dream Recedes, Unrealized

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