Poem 4 (J 241: 1861/1890)
I like a look of Agony,
Because I know it's true--
Men do not sham Convulsion,
Nor simulate a Throe--
The Eyes glaze once--and that is Death--
Impossible to feign
The Beads upon the Forehead
By homely Anguish strung.
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