Read the poem: “Delight becomes pictorial”

by Emily Dickinson

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American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson
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Delight becomes pictorial

Delight becomes pictorial

When viewed through pain, —

More fair, because impossible

That any gain.

The mountain at a given distance

In amber lies;

Approached, the amber flits a little, —

And that ‘s the skies!

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American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson

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