Poems by Emily Dickinson (Third Series): A Portrait

Updated May 6, 2020 | Infoplease Staff
by EmilyDickinson
XVII
I Had a Guinea Golden

A Portrait

A Portrait

A face devoid of love or grace,
A hateful, hard, successful face,
A face with which a stone
Would feel as thoroughly at ease
As were they old acquaintances, —
First time together thrown.
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