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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Carol Rumens

Poem of the week: The saddest noise, the sweetest noise by Emily Dickinson

A robin singing.
‘The maddest noise that grows’ … A robin sings. Photograph: DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams)/Getty Images

The saddest noise, the sweetest noise (No 1789)

The saddest noise, the sweetest noise,
The maddest noise that grows, —
The birds, they make it in the spring,
At night’s delicious close,

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