The Mind
The gleam of an heroic act
From The Single Hound (1914)
The Mind
The gleam of an heroic act,
Such strange illumination—
The Possible's slow fuse is lit
By the Imagination!
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MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “The gleam of an heroic act.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/737/.
Chicago
Dickinson, Emily. “The gleam of an heroic act.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/737/.
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