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To love thee Year by Year

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To love thee Year by Year by Emily Dickinson

 To love thee Year by Year --
May less appear
Than sacrifice, and cease --
However, dear,
Forever might be short, I thought to show --
And so I pieced it, with a flower, now.

Form: Lyric

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