Episode 2: Emily Dickinson, Tell all the truth

from Poetry For All · host Joanne Diaz and Abram Van Engen

Full poem: Tell all the truth but tell it slant — (1263) by Emily Dickinson 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 — For more on Emily Dickinson, see https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/emily-dickinson

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