The Mind
His Cheek is his Biographer
From The Single Hound (1914)
The Mind
His Cheek is his Biographer—
As long as he can blush,
Perdition is Opprobrium;
Past that, he sins in peace.
Thief
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MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “His Cheek is his Biographer.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/665/.
Chicago
Dickinson, Emily. “His Cheek is his Biographer.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/665/.
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