The Mind
Too much of proof affronts
From Further Poems of Emily Dickinson (1929)
The Mind
Too much of proof affronts
Belief.
The Turtle will not try
Unless you leave him;
Then return—
And he has hauled away.
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MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “Too much of proof affronts.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/610/.
Chicago
Dickinson, Emily. “Too much of proof affronts.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/610/.
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