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Friday, February 12, 2010
Happy Friday everyone. I hope you all enjoy your weekend. Have any plans for Valentine's Day? I'll leave you with one of my favorite Emily Dickinson poems.
If you were coming in the fall,
I'd brush the summer by
With half a smile and half a spurn,
As housewives do a fly.
If I could see you in a year,
I'd wind the months in balls,
And put them each in separate drawers,
Until their time befalls.
If only centuries delayed,
I'd count them on my hand,
Subtracting till my fingers dropped
Into Van Diemens land.
If certain, when this life was out,
That yours and mine should be,
I'd toss it yonder like a rind,
And taste eternity.
But now, all ignorant of the length
Of time's uncertain wing,
It goads me, like the goblin bee,
That will not state its sting.
-Emily Dickinson
artwork is by john william godward
Labels: Emily Dickinson, john william godward, poetry, valentines day