The Mind
Denial is the only fact
From Further Poems of Emily Dickinson (1929)
The Mind
Denial is the only fact
Received by the denied,
Whose will, a blank intelligence
The day the Heaven died—
And all the Earth strove common round
Without delight or aim.
What comfort was it Wisdom was
The spoiler of our home?
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Dickinson, Emily. “Denial is the only fact.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/479/.
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Dickinson, Emily. “Denial is the only fact.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/479/.
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