Poems by Emily Dickinson, Three Series, CompleteDickinson, Emily
poetry · Item 138
A reason to turn the page
Your soul can be an imperial friend—or the most agonizing spy; which will it be for you?
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The soul unto itself Is an imperial friend, -- Or the most agonizing spy An enemy could send.
Secure against its own, No treason it can fear; Itself its sovereign, of itself The soul should stand in awe.