Essays
Tell all the truth but tell it slant —
Success in Circuit lies
Too bright for our infirm Delight
The Truth’s superb surprise
As Lightning to the Children eased
With explanation kind
The Truth must dazzle gradually
Or every man be blind —
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References
- Emily Dickinson, “Tell All the Truth but Tell It Slant— (1263),” in Emily Dickinson: The Complete Poems, 5. print, ed. Thomas Herbert Johnson (Little, Brown Comp, 1960). (link to another page) ↩
Bibliography
- Dickinson, Emily. “Tell All the Truth but Tell It Slant— (1263).” In Emily Dickinson: The Complete Poems, 5. print, edited by Thomas Herbert Johnson. Little, Brown Comp, 1960. (link to another page) ↩