965 <br /> <br />Denial—is the only fact <br />Perceived by the Denied— <br />Whose Will—a numb significance— <br />The Day the Heaven died— <br /> <br />And all the Earth strove common round— <br />Without Delight, or Beam— <br />What Comfort was it Wisdom—was— <br />The spoiler of Our Home?<br /><br />Emily Dickinson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/denial-mdash-is-the-only-fact/