The Mind
The Soul's superior instants
From The Single Hound (1914)
The Mind
The Soul's superior instants
Occur to Her alone,
When friend and earth's occasion
Have infinite withdrawn.
Or she, Herself, ascended
To too remote a height,
For lower recognition
Than Her Omnipotent.
This mortal abolition
Is seldom, but as fair
As Apparition—subject
To autocratic air.
Eternity's disclosure
To favorites, a few,
Of the Colossal substance
Of immortality.
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MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “The Soul's superior instants.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/729/.
Chicago
Dickinson, Emily. “The Soul's superior instants.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/729/.
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