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We wear the mask that grins and...

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  • Dec 9, 2022

We wear the mask that grins and lies, It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,— This debt we pay to human guile; With torn and bleeding hearts we smile, And mouth with myriad subtleties.

“We Wear the Mask,” in Majors and Minors (Toledo: Hadley & Hadley, 1896),“We Wear the Mask,” in Majors and Minors (Toledo: Hadley & Hadley, 1896), http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/maai2/identity/text3/dunbar.pdf.