（原詩四三步交叉抑揚格，偶韻兩節；拙譯各行字數謹遵原詩音綴，以一韻到底諧之。—歡迎針砭！）

They dropped like flakes, they dropped like stars,

人們墜如雪片、流星，

   Like petals from a rose,

   似玫瑰落花瓣，

      When suddenly across the June

      當六月急匆匆而過—

   A wind with fingers goes.

   風揮巴掌猛搧。

They perished in the seamless grass, --

人們死於穠密草叢，

   No eye could find the place;

   —肉眼無法找見；

      But God on his repealless list

      主的名册無可撤銷，

   Can summon every face.

   卻唤起張張臉。

                    —by Emily DICKINSON（1830—1886）