Emily Dickinson

Conscious am I in my Chamber

679 Conscious am I in my Chamber, Of a shapeless friend — He doth not attest by Posture — Nor Confirm — by Word — Neither Place — need I present Him — Fitter Courtesy Hospitable intuition Of His Company — Presence — is His furthest license — Neither He to Me Nor Myself to Him — by Accent — Forfeit Probity — Weariness of Him, were quainter Than Monotony Knew a Particle — of Space's Vast Society Neither if He visit Other — Do He dwell — or Nay — know I — But Instinct esteem Him Immortality —