The Soul Selects her own Society-Emily Dickinson

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The Soul selects her own Society —

Then — shuts the Door — 

To her divine Majority —

Present no more —  

Unmoved — she notes the Chariots — pausing — 

At her low Gate — 

Unmoved — an Emperor be kneeling Upon her Mat —  

I've known her — from an ample nation — 

Choose One — 

Then — close the Valves of her attention — 

Like Stone —  

c. 1862