Read, sweet, how others strove,
Till we are stouter;
What they renounced,
Till we are less afraid;
How many times they bore
The faithful witness,
Till we are helped,
As if a kingdom cared!
From The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson at Bartleby.com
Image from Historia del Arte Erotico
Loveliness in poetry and image.
ReplyDeleteMay the coming decade bring sweet surprise and fulfillment, sweet sister.
wherever I go, I find you there....