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by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)

Beauty be not caused, ‑ it is
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Language: English 
Our translations:  GER ITA
Beauty be not caused, - it is;
Chase it and it ceases,
Chase it not and it abides,
Overtake the creases
in the meadow
when the wind
runs its long fingers through it?
Deity will see to it
that you never do it.

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•   C. Dougherty 

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Text Authorship:

  • by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Further poems of Emily Dickinson, first published 1929 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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