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I was rushing off my subway and I looked up and the last few lines struck me but I can't adequately paraphrase them - they were about men needing truth I believe.

2007-09-01 18:56:05 · 1 answers · asked by Jim G 1 in Arts & Humanities Poetry

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Tell all the Truth but tell it slant

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Tell all the Truth but tell it slant—
Success in Circuit lies
Too bright for our infirm Delight
The Truth's superb surprise

As Lightning to the Children eased
With explanation kind
The Truth must dazzle gradually
Or every man be blind—

2007-09-01 20:52:49 · answer #1 · answered by ari-pup 7 · 0 0

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