time to love

Here's a short Emily Dickinson verse ...

... sheer, poetic genius :-)


I had no time to hate, because

I had no time to hate, because
The grave would hinder me,
And life was not so ample I
Could finish enmity.

Nor had I time to love, but since
Some industry must be,
The little toil of love, I thought,

Was large enough for me.

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Emily Dickinson (1830 – 1886)

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