HOW DO I LOVE THEE

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(1 Feb 2012 –  Below is a poem written by my maternal Cousin Emily Elizabeth Dickinson where she speaks in poetry of LOVE not understood – despite the use of words or wisdom.  ENJOY the genius of this poetess!  dht)

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[Emily Elizabeth Dickinson Poem #568] 

We learned the Whole of Love –

The Alphabet – the Words –

A Chapter – then the mighty Book –

Then – Revelation closed –

But in Each Other's eyes

An Ignorance beheld –

Diviner than the Childhood's –

And each to each, a Child – 

Attempted to expound

What Neither – understood –

Alas, that Wisdom is so large –

And Truth – so manifold!

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How many words are needed to tell those you LOVE what is in your HEART?  How long the verse?  The Chapter?  The Book?  Perhaps LOVE cannot be explained in words -– the Language of the HEART!  

The saying is in the showing – not the verb!  

[Dorothy Hazel Tarr]