English Poetry. Emily Elizabeth Dickinson. Suspense. Эмили Дикинсон.

Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (Эмили Дикинсон)

Suspense

Elysium is as far as to
The very nearest room,
If in that room a friend await
Felicity or doom.

What fortitude the soul contains,
That it can so endure
The accent of a coming foot,
The opening of a door!

Emily Elizabeth Dickinson’s other poems:

1. Summer Shower
2. Psalm of the Day
3. The Sea of Sunset
4. The Outlet
5. The Bee Is Not Afraid of Me

Poems of other poets with the same name (Стихотворения других поэтов с таким же названием):

Thomas Hardy (Томас Гарди (Харди)) Suspense (“A clamminess hangs over all like a clout”)

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