Emily Dickinson's Correspondences
Correspondence with Susan Dickinson

H 287a 
   March  is 
the  Month 
of  Expectation.
The  Things 
we  do  not 
know -
The  Persons 
of  prognostication
H 287b

 
Are  coming 
now -
We  try  to 
show  becoming 
firmness-
But  pompous 
Joy
Betrays  us, as 
his  first
H 287c

 
Betrothal
Betrays  a 
Boy.
 

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