Read the poem: “Reticence”

by Emily Dickinson

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American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson
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Reticence

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The reticent volcano keeps

   His never slumbering plan;

Confided are his projects pink

   To no precarious man.

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If nature will not tell the tale

   Jehovah told to her,

Can human nature not survive

   Without a listener?

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Admonished by her buckled lips

   Let every babbler be.

The only secret people keep

   Is Immortality.

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American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson

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