“I dwell in Possibility—”

The Cathedral. Auguste Rodin. 1908.
The Cathedral. Auguste Rodin. 1908.

 

Emily Dickinson

 

I dwell in Possibility—

A fairer House than Prose—

More numerous of Windows—

Superior—for Doors—

 

Of Chambers as the Cedars—

Impregnable of eye—

And for an everlasting Roof

The Gambrels of the Sky—

 

Of Visitors—the fairest—

For Occupation—This—

The spreading of my narrow Hands

to gather Paradise—