Nature
Delight becomes pictorial
Nature
Delight becomes pictorial
When viewed through pain, --
More fair, because impossible
That any gain.
The mountain at a given distance
In amber lies;
Approached, the amber flits a little, --
And that 's the skies!
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MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “Delight becomes pictorial.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/133/.
Chicago
Dickinson, Emily. “Delight becomes pictorial.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/133/.
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