Emily Dickinson (1830–86). Complete Poems. 1924.

Part Three: Love

VIII

THAT I did always love,
I bring thee proof:
That till I loved
I did not love enough.

That I shall love alway, 5
I offer thee
That love is life,
And life hath immortality.

This, dost thou doubt, sweet?
Then have I 10
Nothing to show
But Calvary.