The Mind
The Face we choose to miss
From The Single Hound (1914)
The Mind
The Face we choose to miss,
Be it but for a day—
As absent as a hundred years
When it has rode away.
Cite this poem
MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “The Face we choose to miss.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/722/.
Chicago
Dickinson, Emily. “The Face we choose to miss.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/722/.
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