193 Tell All the Truth (ca. 1858-1865) By Emily Dickinson

Tell all the Truth but tell it slant—
Success in Circuit lies
Too bright for our infirm Delight
The Truth’s superb surprise

As Lightning to the Children eased
With explanation kind
The Truth must dazzle gradually
Or every man be blind —

 

Source:

Becoming America, Wendy Kurant, ed., CC-BY-SA

License

Icon for the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

American Literature I: An Anthology of Texts From Early America the Early 20th Century Copyright © 2019 by Jenifer Kurtz is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

Share This Book