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Dickinson, Emily - A charm invests a face Imperfectly beheld
Identifier
012604
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
The next poem also appears to be talking about a woman hidden behind a veil, but no - the symbolism is more important, the traveller to the spiritual only sees it imperfectly but dare not do anything about it in case she loses the image she has ………
A description of the experience
Emily Dickinson – the Poems of Emily Dickinson
A charm invests a face
Imperfectly beheld
The lady dare not lift her veil
For fear it be dispelled
But peers beyond her mesh
And wishes and denies
Lest interview annul a want
That image satisfies