The Soul selects her own Society (303) by Emily Dickinson, 1830 - 1886

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