Manuscript:
![](https://www.emilydickinson.org/sites/default/files/A%20slash%20of%20Blue%201.jpg)
Transcription:
A slash of Blue -
A sweep of Gray -
Some scarlet patches
on the way,
Compose an Evening sky -
A little purple - slipped
between -
Some Ruby Trowsers
hurried on -
A Wave of Gold -
A Bank of Day -
This just makes out
The morning sky -
A sweep of Gray -
Some scarlet patches
on the way,
Compose an Evening sky -
A little purple - slipped
between -
Some Ruby Trowsers
hurried on -
A Wave of Gold -
A Bank of Day -
This just makes out
The morning sky -