As imperceptibly as Grief | Affiliated Manuscripts

MSA138_Fr935C (Fr935C)

ca. 1866

Ink | Fair copy

As imperceptibly as 
Grief 
The Summer lapsed 
away -
Too imperceptible at 
last
To feel like 
Perfidy -

A Quietness distilled
As Twilight long 
begun
Or Nature spending 
with Herself
Sequestered Afternoon -