letters from dickinson to cornelia sweetser


summer 1883


Dear Nellie,

To have woven Wine so delightfully, one must almost have been a Drunkard one's-self - but that is the stealthy franchise of the demurest Lips. Drunkards of Summer are quite as frequent as Drunkards of Wine, and the Bee that comes Home sober is the Butt of the Clover.

Emily.


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