letters from dickinson to olive stearns

about 8 June 1876


Love's stricken "why"
Is all that love can speak -
Built of but just a syllable
The hugest hearts that break.

Emily.

thomas johnson's note on letter 463 | index to dickinson/o. stearns letters

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