Too happy Time dissolves itself
Too happy Time dissolves itself And leaves no remnant by -- 'Tis Anguish not a Feather hath Or too much weight to fly --
Emily Dickinson
Too happy Time dissolves itself And leaves no remnant by -- 'Tis Anguish not a Feather hath Or too much weight to fly --
Dickinson takes a sharp look at the way happiness and suffering behave inside us. When we’re truly happy, time seems to dissolve—it slips past without leaving a trace, and the joy itself evaporates so completely that we can hardly hold onto its memory. That’s the first couplet.
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