The body grows outside, --
The more convenient way, --
That if the spirit like to hide,
Its temple stands alway
Ajar, secure, inviting;
It never did betray
The soul that asked its shelter
In timid honesty.
The Shelter
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
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Poem topics: honesty, never, soul, spirit, hide, body, secure, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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