Emily Dickinson's Correspondences
Correspondence with Susan Dickinson

H 271 
	I fit for them -
I seek the Dark
Till I am thorough
fit.
The labor is a sober 
one
With the austerer 
sweet ' an - this '
With this sufficient 
Sweet

That abstinence of mine 
		   me
produce
A purer food for them, 
if I succeed,
If not I had
The transport of 
the Aim.
 

H 271

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