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One need not be a Chamber-to be Haunted-
One need not be a House-
The Brain has Corridors-surpassing
Material Place-
Far safer, of a Midnight Meeting
External Ghost
Than its interior Confronting-
That Cooler Host.
Far safer, through an Abbey gallop,
The Stones a'chase-
Than Unarmed, one's a'self encounter-
In lonesome Place-
Ourself behind ourself, concealed-
Should startle most-
Assassin hid in our Apartment
Be Horror's least.
The Body-borrows a Revolver-
He bolts the Door-
O'erlooking a superior spectre-
Or More-
One Need Not Be A Chamber'to Be Haunted
Emily Dickinson
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Poem topics: house, brain, door, ghost, body, material, chase, horror, place, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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