Read the poem: “A Portrait”

by Emily Dickinson

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American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson
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A Prayer > > >

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A Portrait

A face devoid of love or grace,

   A hateful, hard, successful face,

A face with which a stone

   Would feel as thoroughly at ease

As were they old acquaintances, —

   First time together thrown.

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A Prayer > > >

American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson

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