This Is My Letter To The World

by Emily Dickinson

This is my letter to the world,
That never wrote to me,-- 
The simple news that Nature told, 
With tender majesty. 
Her message is committed 
To hands I cannot see; 
For love of her, sweet countrymen,
Judge tenderly of me!

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This Is My Letter To The World was featured as The Short Story of the Day on Sun, Jan 01, 2012

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