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julie harris - letter to dr and mrs j g holland, summer 1862 lyrics

dear friends

i write to you. i receive no letter

i say “they dignify my trust.” i do not disbelieve. i go again. cardinals wouldn’t do it. c+ckneys wouldn’t do it, but i can’t stop to strut, in a world where bells toll. i hear through visitor in town, that “mrs. holland is not strong.” the little peac+ck in me, tells me not to inquire again. then i remember my tiny friend + how brief she is + how dear she is, and the peac+ck quite dies away. now, you need not speak, for perhaps you are weary, and “herod” rеquires all your thought, but if you are well + lеt annie draw me a little picture of an erect flower; if you are ill, she can hang the flower a little on one side!

then, i shall understand, and you need not stop to write me a letter. perhaps you laugh at me! perhaps the whole united states are laughing at me too! i can’t stop for that! my business is to love. i found a bird, this morning, down + down + on a little bush at the foot of the garden, and wherefore sing, i said, since n0body hears?

one sob in the throat, one flutter of my bosom + “my business is to sing” + and away she rose! how do i know but cherubim, once, themselves, as patient, listened, and applauded her unnoticed hymn?

emily

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