Poems by Emily Dickinson, Three Series, CompleteDickinson, Emily
poetry · Item 91
A reason to turn the page
A face in agony—how can one look make truth feel like death?
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REAL.
I like a look of agony, Because I know it 's true; Men do not sham convulsion, Nor simulate a throe.
The eyes glaze once, and that is death. Impossible to feign The beads upon the forehead By homely anguish strung.