A 843: etext transcription

Physical Description
- Manuscript: A 843
- Date: [last decade (THJ)]
- Status: fragment, extrageneric
- Formula: 1 fragment
- Paper: envelope
- Dimensions: 85 x 78 mm
- Edges: top, bottom, left: torn; right: scissored
- Folds: folded horizontally in half
- Media: pencil
- Hand: rough
Collection
- Amherst College Library
Transmission History
- MSS from LND to MLT, 1891?
Publication History
- Rev (1954), 91; Letters (1958), PF 22; OF (1995), A 843, in facsimile, with unredacted transcription
Commentary
- One of the many brief extrageneric texts found among her late papers after her death, Dickinson's final intentions toward this fragment remain unknown. It may have been destined for incorporation into a poem, a letter, or another composition; alternatively, it may be an experiment in aphoristic form.
Tags

< a843.txt.1; fragment_extrageneric >
But are not
all Facts Dreams
as soon as
we put
them behind
us -