Poems by Emily Dickinson: XVI ("There is a shame")

Updated May 6, 2020 | Infoplease Staff
by EmilyDickinson
XV
Triumph

XVI

There is a shame of nobleness
Confronting sudden pelf, —
A finer shame of ecstasy
Convicted of itself.
A best disgrace a brave man feels,
Acknowledged of the brave, —
One more "Ye Blessed" to be told;
But this involves the grave.
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