Emily Dickinson's Correspondences
Correspondence with Susan Dickinson

H B119

JL 853, JP 1537

FP 1608

OMC 227

1880s

pencil, two leaves

watermark/embossment: T, Weston's Linen 1876

20 x 13 cm.

folded in thirds


AM CXV (1915) 39; LL 61 (with L 580). "X" and tiny "x" and "One" on verso. Paste marks. This letter-poem alludes to "At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes" (Matthew 11:25).

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