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"
Emily Dickinson
Portrait of the Duchess of Fitz-James 1867
Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904)
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.)
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