Judgment is justest
When the Judged,
His action laid away,
Divested is of every Disk
But his sincerity.

Honor is then the safest hue
In a posthumous Sun —
Not any color will endure
That scrutiny can burn.

Analysis, meaning and summary of Emily Dickinson's poem Judgment is justest

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