Poems by Emily Dickinson, Three Series, CompleteDickinson, Emily
poetry · Item 142
A reason to turn the page
Delight looks lovelier through pain—get closer and the amber picture blurs.
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Delight becomes pictorial When viewed through pain, -- More fair, because impossible That any gain.
The mountain at a given distance In amber lies; Approached, the amber flits a little, -- And that 's the skies!