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: Little Willow (slayground) wrote,
2012-09-14 07:06:00

Little Willow
slayground
2012-09-14 07:06:00

Poetry Friday: Elysium... by Emily Dickinson

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!

- by Emily Dickinson

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