poems sent from dickinson to higginson

The last of Summer is Delight -
Deterred by Retrospect.
'Tis Ecstasy's revealed Review -
Enchantment's Syndicate.

To meet it- nameless as it is -
Without celestial Mail
Audacious as without a Knock
To walk within the Vail.

thomas johnson's note on poem 1353 | index to dickinson poems sent to higginson

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