Must be a Woe --

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Must be a Woe --

Written by:

Emily Dickinson (other works)

Poem #:

571

Composed:

Published:

Volume:

Language:

English

Type:

Poetry

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Preceded by:

I could die -- to know -- -570-

Succeeded by:

Delight -- becomes pictorial -- -572-

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Must be a Woe --
A loss or so --
To bend the eye
Best Beauty's way --

But -- once aslant
It notes Delight
As difficult
As Stalactite

A Common Bliss
Were had for less --
The price -- is
Even as the Grace --

Our lord -- thought no
Extravagance
To pay -- a Cross --