Which is the best -- the Moon or the Crescent? - A poem by Emily Dickinson


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Emily Dickinson - Which is the best -- the Moon or the Crescent?

Which is the best -- the Moon or the Crescent?
Neither -- said the Moon --
That is best which is not -- Achieve it --
You efface the Sheen.

Not of detention is Fruition --
Shudder to attain.
Transport's decomposition follows --
He is Prism born.

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Poet: Emily Dickinson Poem: 1315. Which is the best -- the Moon or the Crescent? Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson Year: Published/Written in 1955 Last read: Jul 15 2008, 9:21PM Viewed 1337 times. Added Jan 9 2004.

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