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Elysium is as far as to

by Emily Dickinson, 1890

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,
That it can so endure
The accent of a coming foot,
The opening of a door!

Published in Poems by Emily Dickinson
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