About This Quote
In this quote, Emily Dickinson speaks to the soul, the spirit that lives within us all. She wants to know that she is loved by her spirit as well as her physical body. In many poems, she speaks of the spirit as something separate from the physical world. In this case, she wants to know that her spirit has been greeted by her own thoughts and feelings as well as those of those who have loved her.
Source: Jane Eyre
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