Остуду ль растопить,
а лета не унять...
Поре растаять иль расцвесть -
над нами не вольна...
[David Preest:
As in poems 878 and 950 Emily argues that
our moods affect the outside world. They
can make winter a summer, or summer a winter.
But if we do one year feel so happy during
winter that we seem ‘to abolish Frost,’
that will not abolish the following summer as well.]
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Did We abolish Frost by Emily Dickinson
Did We abolish Frost
The Summer would not cease --
If Seasons perish or prevail
Is optional with Us --