The Mind
His mind, of man a secret makes
From The Single Hound (1914)
The Mind
His mind, of man a secret makes,
I meet him with a start,
He carries a circumference
In which I have no part,
Or even if I deem I do—
He otherwise may know.
Impregnable to inquest,
However neighborly.
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MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “His mind, of man a secret makes.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/666/.
Chicago
Dickinson, Emily. “His mind, of man a secret makes.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/666/.
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