It Sifts from Leaden Sieves by Emily Dickinson

It sifts from leaden sieves,

It powders all the wood

It fills with alabaster wool

The wrinkles of the road. 

It makes an even face

Of mountain and of plain,--

Unbroken forehead from the east

Unto the east again. 

It reaches to the fence,

And wraps, it rail by rail,

Till it is lost in fleeces;

It flings a crystal veil

On stump and stack and stem,--

The summer's empty room,

Acres of seams where harvests were,

Recordless, but for them.

It ruffles wrists of posts,

As ankles of a queen,--

Then stills its artisans like ghosts,

Denying they have been.