Emily Dickinson

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A Charm invests a face
Imperfectly beheld, –
The Lady dare not lift her Veil
For fear it be dispelled.

But peers beyound her mesh –
And wishes – and denies –
Lest Interview – annul a want
That Image – satisfies.

Emily Dickinson, The Complete Poems.
Boston 1924.

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