Read the poem: “Suspense”

by Emily Dickinson

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American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson
< < < Surrender
Sweet hours have perished here > > >

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Suspense

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Elysium is as far as to

The very nearest room,

If in that room a friend await

Felicity or doom.

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What fortitude the soul contains,

That it can so endure

The accent of a coming foot,

The opening of a door!

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< < < Surrender
Sweet hours have perished here > > >

American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson

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