No Brigadier throughout the Year

No Brigadier throughout the Year
So civic as the Jay.
A neighbor and a warrior too,
With shrill felicity

Pursuing winds that censure us
A February day,
The brother of the universe
Was never blown away.

The snow and he are intimate;
I ’ve often seen them play
When heaven looked upon us all
With such severity,

I felt apology were due
To an insulted sky,
Whose pompous frown was nutriment
To their temerity.

The pillow of this daring head
Is pungent evergreens;
His larder―terse and militant―
Unknown, refreshing things;

His character a tonic,
His future a dispute;
Unfair an immortality
That leaves this neighbor out.

Emily Dickinson

In blue uniform, the Jay is a military leader though inhabitant in urban region. He is well-disciplined and least vulnerable to any severe situation. Emily thinks it is unfair such a prominent bird could not enjoy immortality after his death because he is not human.

Through the Year no Military is
So civic as the Jay.
A neighbor and a warrior too,
With sharp joy

Pursuing winds that chasten us
A February day,
The brother of the sky
Was never blown away.

He is intimate with snow;
I ’ve often seen them play
When heaven looked upon us all
With such severity,

I felt apology were due
To an insulted sky,
Whose pompous frown was nutriment
To their temerity.

The pillow of this daring head
Is pungent evergreens;
His larder―terse and militant―
Unknown, refreshing things;

His character a tonic,
His future is disputable;
It is unfair to leave” immortality”
Out of this neighbor.