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Emily Dickinson (1830–86). Complete Poems. 1924.

Part Five: The Single Hound

II

THE SOUL that has a Guest,

Doth seldom go abroad,

Diviner Crowd at home

Obliterate the need,

And courtesy forbid

A Host’s departure, when

Upon Himself be visiting

The Emperor of Men!