Emily Dickinson - Letter 381 (late 1872) T. W. Higginson lyrics

To live is so startling, it leaves but little room for other occupations though Friends are if possible an event more fair. I am happy you have the Travel you so long desire and chastened - that my Master met neither Accident nor d**h. Our own Possessions though our own 'Tis well to hoard anew Remembering the dimensions Of Possibility. I often saw your name in illustrious mention and envied an occasion so abstinent to me. Thank you for having been to Amherst. Could you come again that would be far better - though the finest wish is the futile one. When I saw you last, it was Mighty Summer - Now the Gra** is Gla** and the Meadow Stucco, and "Still Waters" in the Pool where the Frog drinks. These Behaviors of the Year hurt almost like Music - shifting when it ease us most. Thank you for the "Lesson." I will study it though hitherto Menagerie to me My Neighbor be. Your Scholar