Religion
Who never wanted, -- maddest joy
Religion
Who never wanted, -- maddest joy
Remains to him unknown:
The banquet of abstemiousness
Surpasses that of wine.
Within its hope, though yet ungrasped
Desire's perfect goal,
No nearer, lest reality
Should disenthrall thy soul.
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MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “Who never wanted, -- maddest joy.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/328/.
Chicago
Dickinson, Emily. “Who never wanted, -- maddest joy.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/328/.
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