New England Diary

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A month of questions

Beatrix Potter's illustration of Babbity Bumble in “The Tale of Mrs Tittlemouse” (1910).

Answer July—
Where is the Bee—
Where is the Blush—
Where is the Hay?

Ah, said July—
Where is the Seed—
Where is the Bud—
Where is the May—
Answer Thee—Me—"


Answer July,’’ by Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), who hardly ever left Amherst, Mass.