As imperceptibly as Grief | Affiliated Manuscripts

MSIOWA_Fr935E (Fr935E)

ca. 1882

Pencil | Fair copy | Unbound (fragments/ephemera)

Retained in Dickinson's archive.

Manuscript facsimile coming soon

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 spen-
ding with herself
Sequestered 
Afternoon -