The Mind
To see her is a picture
From The Single Hound (1914)
The Mind
To see her is a picture,
To hear her is a tune,
To know her an intemperance
As innocent as June;
By which to be undone
Is dearer than Redemption—
Which never to receive,
Makes mockery of melody
It might have been to live.
Cite this poem
MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “To see her is a picture.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/758/.
Chicago
Dickinson, Emily. “To see her is a picture.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/758/.
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