Tell all the truth but tell it slant – Success in Circuit lies; Too bright for our infirm Delight, The Truth’s superb surprise; As Lightning to the Children eased, with explanation kind; The Truth must dazzle gradually, Or every man be blind –
Emily Dickinson

Tell It Slant
Topic: Creativity, Culture, & the Arts
TELL IT SLANT
Tell all the truth but tell it slant ―
Success in Circuit lies;
Too bright for our infirm Delight,
The Truth’s superb surprise;
As Lightning to the Children eased, with explanation kind;
The Truth must dazzle gradually,
Or every man be blind ―
Tell It Slant
Dickinson, Emily. The Poems of Emily Dickinson: Reading Edition. Belknap Pres, 1998.

Emily Dickinson
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