Read the poem: “The Shelter”

by Emily Dickinson

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American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson
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The Shelter

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The body grows outside, —

The more convenient way, —

That if the spirit like to hide,

Its temple stands alway

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Ajar, secure, inviting;

It never did betray

The soul that asked its shelter

In timid honesty.

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American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson

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