letters from dickinson to alice tuckerman


autumn 1885


But if "Little Margaret's love" is so vivid, is it quite safe to ignite it?

I never have taken a Peach in my Hand, so late in the Year. My Lips, also, are guiltless of that pink experience -

Believing Mama to be her Envoy, may I entrust my smiles to her?

E - Dickinson -


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