I like a look of Agony, Because I know it's true — Men do not sham Convulsion, Nor simulate a Throe — The Eyes glaze once — and that is Death — Impos… - Emily Dickinson

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I like a look of Agony,
Because I know it's true — Men do not sham Convulsion,
Nor simulate a Throe — The Eyes glaze once — and that is Death — Impossible to feign
The Beads upon the Forehead
By homely Anguish strung.

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About Emily Dickinson

Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886) was an American poet. Virtually unknown in her lifetime, Dickinson has come to be regarded as one of the greatest American poets of the 19th century. Although she wrote (at latest count) 1789 poems, only a few of them were published in her lifetime, all anonymously, and some perhaps without her knowledge.

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Birth Name: Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
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