“One need not be a chamber to be haunted,One need not be a house;The brain has corridors surpassingMaterial place.Far safer, of a midnight meetingExternal ghost,Than an interior confrontingThat whiter host.Far safer through an Abbey gallop,The stones achase,Than, moonless, one's own self encounterIn lonesome place.Ourself, behind ourself concealed,Should startle most; Assassin, hid in our apartment,Be horror's least.The prudent carries a revolver,He bolts the door,O'erlooking a superior spectreMore near.”

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About Emily Dickinson

American poet of the 19th century, Emily Dickinson is best known for her reclusive life and her distinctive, compressed verse. Her work explores themes of mortality, nature, and the soul with an unmatched precision and emotional depth.

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