I had no time to hate, because

by Emily Dickinson · (no date)
Published 01/07/1880

The grave would hinder me,

And life was not so ample I

Could finish enmity.


Nor had I time to love; but since

Some industry must be,

The little toil of love, I thought,

Was large enough for me.

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