Poems (Dickinson)/Suspense

by Emily Dickinson

For works with similar titles, see Suspense.

For other versions of this work, see Elysium is as far as to.

IV.

SUSPENSE.

Elysium is as far as to
The very nearest room,
If in that room a friend await
Felicity or doom.

What fortitude the soul contains,
That it can so endure
The accent of a coming foot,
The opening of a door!