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Not to discover weakness is

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Not to discover weakness is by Emily Dickinson

 Not to discover weakness is
The Artifice of strength --
Impregnability inheres
As much through Consciousness

Of faith of others in itself
As Pyramidal Nerve
Behind the most unconscious clock
What skilful Pointers move --

Form: Free verse

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