Wonder -- is not precisely Knowing
And not precisely Knowing not --
A beautiful but bleak condition
He has not lived who has not felt --

Suspense -- is his maturer Sister --
Whether Adult Delight is Pain
Or of itself a new misgiving --
This is the Gnat that mangles men --

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Poet: Emily Dickinson
Poem: 1331. Wonder -- is not precisely Knowing
Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Year: Published/Written in 1955
Poem of the Day: May 31 2007
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