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We learned the Whole of Love—
The Alphabet—the Words—
A Chapter—then the mighty Book—
Then—Revelation closed—
But in Each Other's eyes
An Ignorance beheld—
Diviner than the Childhood's—
And each to each, a Child—
Attempted to expound
What Neither—understood—
Alas, that Wisdom is so large—
And Truth—so manifold!
More verses by Emily Dickinson
- Nature, The Gentlest Mother,
- They Shut Me Up In Prose
- We Dream—it Is Good We Are Dreaming
- I Had No Time To Hate, Because
- Two Swimmers Wrestled On The Spar