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Visibility
 
Because my eyes were none to bright
Strong spectacles I bought,
And lo! there sprang into my sight
A life beyond my thought:
A world of wonder and delight
My magic lenses brought.
 
Aye, sudden leaping in my sight
The far became the near;
Life unbelievably was bright,
And vividly was clear.
My heart was lifted with delight,
Then—then I shrank in fear.
 
For faces I had thought were gay
I saw were lined with care,
While strange corruption and decay
Surprised me everywhere:
Dismayed I put my specs away,—
Such truth I could not bear.
 
And now I do not want to see
With clarity of view;
For while there’s heaven hell may be
More tragically true:
Though dim may be Reality,
Sheer love shines through.

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