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I LIKE A LOOK OF AGONY by EMILY DICKINSON

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First Line: I LIKE A LOOK OF AGONY / BECAUSE I KNOW ITS TRUE
Last Line: By homely Anguish strung.
Subject(s): DEATH;
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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