Poems by Emily Dickinson: X ("A charm invests a face")

Updated May 6, 2020 | Infoplease Staff
by EmilyDickinson
Possession
The Lovers

X

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.
.com/t/lit/dickinson/2/chapter2/10.html
Sources +