"One Sister have I in our house", by Emily Dickinson
Channel: Ancient Literature Dude
Date: 23/07/2021

Emily Dickinson was a true visionary. A poet who spent most of her life in solitude, her work is unique in American letters, and indeed in world literature. The subject of an Apple TV+ series, her seclusion and the mystery of her life only deepen the mystery of her work.

One Sister have I in our house -  
And one a hedge away.  
There's only one recorded,  
But both belong to me.  

One came the way that I came -  
And wore my past year's gown -  
The other as a bird her nest,  
Builded our hearts among.  

She did not sing as we did -  
It was a different tune - 
Herself to her a Music  
As Bumble-bee of June.  

Today is far from Childhood - 
But up and down the hills  
I held her hand the tighter -  
Which shortened all the miles -  

And still her hum 
The years among,  
Deceives the Butterfly;  
Still in her Eye 
The Violets lie  
Mouldered this many May.  

I spilt the dew - 
But took the morn, -  
I chose this single star  
From out the wide night's numbers -  

Sue - forevermore!

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