Emily Dickinson

A chilly Peace infests the Grass

Summary


"A chilly Peace infests the Grass" is a short poem by Emily Dickinson that turns a quiet patch of ground into something unsettling. A cold stillness settles over the grass, the sun lies down in respect, and the shadows seem to study the scene. Dickinson's eerie, hushed tone leaves one question hanging: whose resting place is this, where all of humankind arrives from every sea? Read it in under a minute and linger over its images.

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A chilly Peace infests the Grass
The Sun respectful lies –
Not any Trance of industry
These shadows scrutinize –

Pale grass and long shadows at dusk in a quiet meadow by the sea, illustrating the poem A chilly Peace infests the Grass.

Whose Allies go no more astray
For service or for Glee –
But all mankind deliver here
From whatsoever sea –

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Emily Dickinson was a 19th-century American poet from Amherst, Massachusetts, famed for her compact, dash-filled verse that was mostly published after her death. This poem uses her signature capitalized nouns, so that "Peace", "Sun" and "Allies" read almost like characters in a quiet drama.