Sunday, May 17, 2009

"The soul selects her own society" - Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson (1830–86). Complete Poems. 1924.

Part One: Life

XIII


THE SOUL selects her own society,
Then shuts the door;
On her divine majority
Obtrude no more.

Unmoved, she notes the chariot’s pausing 5
At her low gate;
Unmoved, an emperor is kneeling
Upon her mat.

I ’ve known her from an ample nation
Choose one; 10
Then close the valves of her attention
Like stone.

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