4. “Elysium is as far as to.” Part Three: Love. Dickinson, Emily. 1924. Complete Poems

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

Part Three: Love

IV

ELYSIUM is as far as to
The very nearest room,
If in that room a friend await
Felicity or doom.

What fortitude the soul contains,	5
That it can so endure
The accent of a coming foot,
The opening of a door!