God made a little Gentian
Emily Dickinson
God made a little Gentian -
It tried - to be a Rose -
And failed - and all the Summer laughed -
But just before the Snows
There rose a Purple Creature -
That ravished all the Hill -
And Summer bid her Forehead -
And Mockery - was still -
The Frosts were her condition -
The Tyrian would not come
Until the North - invoke it -
Creator - Shall I - bloom?