Poems — Third Series by Emily Dickinson, Mabel Loomis Todd
To Lose Thee, Sweeter Than to Gain
To lose thee, sweeter than to gain All other hearts I knew. 'T is true the drought is destitute, But then I had the dew!
The Caspian has its realms of sand, Its other realm of sea; Without the sterile perquisite No Caspian could be.