Emily Dickinson #32

Pyramids of Gizeh—Sunset Afterglow by Thomas Seddon (1856)

“’T is an honorable thought,
And makes one lift one’s hat,
As one encountered gentlefolk
Upon a daily street,

That we’ve immortal place,
Though pyramids decay,
And kingdoms, like the orchard,
Flit russetly away. ” – Emily Dickinson