Denial—is the only fact, by Emily Dickinson

Denial—is the only fact

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Denial—is the only fact

Perceived by the Denied—

Whose Will—a numb significance—

The Day the Heaven died—

And all the Earth strove common round—

Without Delight, or Beam—

What Comfort was it Wisdom—was—

The spoiler of Our Home?

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58 Delayed till she had ceased to kno… Delayed till in its vest of snow Her loving bosom lay— An hour behind the fleeting breath…

We don’t cry—Tim and I, We are far too grand— But we bolt the door tight To prevent a friend— Then we hide our brave face

529 I’m sorry for the Dead—Today— It’s such congenial times Old Neighbors have at fences— It’s time o’ year for Hay.

The heart asks pleasure first And then, excuse from pain– And then, those little anodynes That deaden suffering; And then, to go to sleep;

860 Absence disembodies—so does Death Hiding individuals from the Earth Superposition helps, as well as lo… Tenderness decreases as we prove—

On this wondrous sea Sailing silently, Ho! Pilot, ho! Knowest thou the shore Where no breakers roar—

577 If I may have it, when it’s dead, I’ll be contented—so— If just as soon as Breath is out It shall belong to me—

292 If your Nerve, deny you— Go above your Nerve— He can lean against the Grave, If he fear to swerve—

Like trains of cars on tracks of p… I hear the level bee: A jar across the flowers goes, Their velvet masonry Withstands until the sweet assault

Pain has an element of blank; It cannot recollect When it began, or if there were A day when it was not. It has no future but itself,

The Mushroom is the Elf of Plant… At Evening, it is not At Morning, in a Truffled Hut It stop opon a Spot As if it tarried always

XLIV THE show is not the show, But they that go. Menagerie to me My neighbor be.

880 The Bird must sing to earn the Cr… What merit have the Tune No Breakfast if it guaranty The Rose content may bloom

IX THE heart asks pleasure first, And then, excuse from pain; And then, those little anodynes That deaden suffering;

931 Noon—is the Hinge of Day— Evening—the Tissue Door— Morning—the East compelling the s… Till all the World is ajar—