The Mind
To tell the beauty would decrease
From The Single Hound (1914)
The Mind
To tell the beauty would decrease,
To state the Spell demean,
There is a syllableless sea
Of which it is the sign.
My will endeavours for its word
And fails, but entertains
A rapture as of legacies—
Of introspective mines.
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MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “To tell the beauty would decrease.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/759/.
Chicago
Dickinson, Emily. “To tell the beauty would decrease.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/759/.
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