Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Emily Dickinson: This is the Gnat that Mangles Men

Wonder — is not precisely Knowing
And not precisely Knowing not —
A beautiful but bleak condition
He has not lived who has not felt —

Suspense — is his maturer Sister —
Whether Adult Delight is Pain
Or of itself a new misgiving —
This is the Gnat that mangles men —

-Emily Dickinson, #1347

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