To tell the Beauty would decrease
To state the Spell demean --
There is a syllable-less Sea
Of which it is the sign --
My will endeavors for its word
And fails, but entertains
A Rapture as of Legacies --
Of introspective Mines --

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Poet: Emily Dickinson
Poem: 1700. To tell the Beauty would decrease
Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Year: Published/Written in 1955
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