Lyric Poem · Nature
To tell the Beauty would decrease
To tell the Beauty would decrease
To state the Spell demean —
There is a syllable-less Sea
Of which it is the sign —
My will endeavors for its word
And fails, but entertains
A Rapture as of Legacies —
Of introspective Mines —
This poem is in the public domain.
“To tell the Beauty would decrease” by Emily Dickinson — quilloak.com/poems/to-tell-the-beauty-would-decrease
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