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| You know that Portrait in the Moon --
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| Written by: | Emily Dickinson (other works)
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| Poem #: | 504
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| Language: | English
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| Type: | Poetry
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| Preceded by: | Better -- than Music! For I -- who heard it -- -503-
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| Succeeded by: | I would not paint -- a picture -- -505-
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You know that Portrait in the Moon --
So tell me who 'tis like --
The very Brow -- the stooping eyes --
A fog for -- Say -- Whose Sake?
The very Pattern of the Cheek --
It varies -- in the Chin --
But -- Ishmael -- since we met -- 'tis long --
And fashions -- intervene --
When Moon's at full -- 'Tis Thou -- I say --
My lips just hold the name --
When crescent -- Thou art worn -- I note --
But -- there -- the Golden Same --
And when -- Some Night -- Bold -- slashing Clouds
Cut Thee away from Me --
That's easier -- than the other film
That glazes Holiday --
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