“
Do you remember, darling
A year ago today
When we gave ourselves to each other
Before you went away
At the end of that pleasant summer weather
Which we had spent by the sea together?
How little we knew, my darling,
All that the year would bring!
Did I think of the wretched mornings
When I should kiss my ring
And long with all my heart to see
The girl who gave the ring to me?
We have not been sorry darling
We loved each other so-
We will not take back the promises
We made a year ago-
And so ag
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Will you let me come dear Susie - looking just as I do, my dress soiled and worn, my grand old apron, and my hair - Oh Susie, time would fail me to enumerate my appearance, yet I love you just as dearly as if I was e'er so fine, so you wont care, will you?
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― Open Me Carefully: Emily Dickinson's Intimate Letters to Susan Huntington Dickinson
― Open Me Carefully: Emily Dickinson's Intimate Letters to Susan Huntington Dickinson
