Dickinson/Norcross Correspondence: Poem 995

poems sent from dickinson to frances and louise norcross

This was in the White of the year -
That - was in the Green -
Drifts were as difficult then to think
As Daisies now to be seen -

Looking back is best that is left
Or if it be - before -
Retrospection is Prospect's half,
Sometimes, almost more.