Fairer through Fading -- as the Day

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Written by:

Emily Dickinson (other works)

Poem #:

938

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Language:

English

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Poetry

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Preceded by:

I felt a Cleaving in my Mind -- -937-

Succeeded by:

What I see not, I better see -- -939-

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Fairer through Fading -- as the Day
Into the Darkness dips away --
Half Her Complexion of the Sun --
Hindering -- Haunting -- Perishing --

Rallies Her Glow, like a dying Friend --
Teasing with glittering Amend --
Only to aggravate the Dark
Through an expiring -- perfect -- look --