Epistles in Which Rachel Carson Uses Romantic Language That Will Worry Biographers Claiming Her Relationship with Dorothy Freeman Was Strictly Platonic: A Cento

My Darling,            to step off the train into your arms            "ifs"            "whys" "love"1




If we could have            even a little time            Christmas2 linger3




No more till            when?4 Awful if it was only one            you say not to     I imagine5




Leaping            the mail truck                       breath            we have to                       summer    need6




You, the white hyacinth            I invest7            Control8            We would have9




Rattle            my heart         not long now10        Hours/hours11




My path            You12 Tell me            It is,            We are,            I am            your heart.13




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1 December 11, 1953
2 December 21, 1953
3 December 26, 1953
4 January 21, 1954
5 January 25, 1954
6 January 30, 1954
7 February 6, 1954
8 February 6, 1954
9 February 17, 1954
10 March 9, 1954
11 June 27, 1954
12 November 8, 1954
13 December 25, 1954