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The Soul Selects Her Own Society
by Emily Dickinson

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—

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"Emily called Cape Jasmin the holiest flower that grows," her sister, Lavinia Dickinson, recalled, "She was in love with every wild flower, and when we were little children we used to spend entire days in the woods hunting for treasures The most delicate and rare flowers never failed to bloom for Emily, however impossible their rearing was to others."

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