letters from dickinson to olive stearns

1879?


Dear Friends,

I hope no bolder lover brought you the first pond lilies. The water is deeper than the land. The swimmer never stagnates.

I shall bring you a handful of lotus next, but do not tell the Nile.

He is a jealous brook.

Emily.

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