The Mind
I fear a man of scanty speech,
From Further Poems of Emily Dickinson (1929)
The Mind
I fear a man of scanty speech,
I fear a silent man,
Haranguer I can overtake
Or babbler entertain—
But he who waiteth
While the rest
Expend their inmost pound,
Of this Man I am wary—
I fear that He is Grand.
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Dickinson, Emily. “I fear a man of scanty speech.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/509/.
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Dickinson, Emily. “I fear a man of scanty speech.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/509/.
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