Beauty -- be not caused -- It Is --

Beauty -- be not caused -- It Is -- by Emily Dickinson

 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 his fingers thro' it --
Deity will see to it
That You never do it --

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