The Mind
I dwell in Possibility
From Further Poems of Emily Dickinson (1929)
The Mind
I dwell in Possibility
A fairer house than Prose,
More numerous of windows,
Superior of doors.
Of chambers, as the cedars—
Impregnable of eye;
And for an everlasting roof
The gables of the sky.
Of visitors—the fairest—
For occupation—this—
The spreading wide my narrow hands
To gather Paradise.
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Dickinson, Emily. “I dwell in Possibility.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/508/.
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Dickinson, Emily. “I dwell in Possibility.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/508/.
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