From all the Jails the Boys and Girls
Ecstatically leap —
Beloved only Afternoon
That Prison doesn’t keep

They storm the Earth and stun the Air,
A Mob of solid Bliss —
Alas — that Frowns should lie in wait
For such a Foe as this —

Analysis, meaning and summary of Emily Dickinson's poem From all the Jails the Boys and Girls

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