The Mind
The soul's distinct
From Further Poems of Emily Dickinson (1929)
The Mind
The soul's distinct
Connection
With immortality
Is best disclosed
By danger,
Or quick calamity.
As lightning on
A landscape
Exhibits sheets of place
Not yet suspected but
For flash and bolt and suddenness.
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MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “The soul's distinct.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/592/.
Chicago
Dickinson, Emily. “The soul's distinct.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/592/.
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