Emily Dickinson (183086). Complete Poems. 1924. |
Part Three: Love
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| A CHARM invests a face | |
| Imperfectly beheld, | |
| The lady dare not lift her veil | |
| For fear it be dispelled. | |
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| But peers beyond her mesh, | 5 |
| And wishes, and denies, | |
| Lest interview annul a want | |
| That image satisfies. | |
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