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
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
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We philosophers don't get this, do we? "Tell it slant..." But I think we lack the poets' confidence that we have it to tell, straight OR slant. (That's why some of us envy poets.)
Aphoristic philosophers tell it slant! (Would this be a good bumpersticker?) Nice poem, JMH.
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