She dealt her pretty words like blades,
As glittering they shone,
And every one unbared a nerve
Or wantoned with a bone.


in Further Poems [1924]

Emily Dickinson Quotes

She dealt her pretty words like blades, As glittering they shone, And every one unbared a nerve Or wantoned with a bone.

She dealt her pretty words like blades, As glittering they shone, And every one unbared a nerve Or wantoned with a bone.

She dealt her pretty words like blades, As glittering they shone, And every one unbared a nerve Or wantoned with a bone.

She dealt her pretty words like blades, As glittering they shone, And every one unbared a nerve Or wantoned with a bone.