Tell all the Truth but tell it slant-- Success in Circuit lies Too bri…

Emily Dickinson
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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-- ✨ Emily Dickinson, Helen Vendler (2010). Dickinson, p.431, Harvard University Press
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