Elysium is as far as to

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!

by Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) , no title, from Poems of Emily Dickinson, published 1890

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Ulysses Simpson Kay (1917-1995) , "Elysium is as far", published 1964 [chorus: SSA, piano], from Emily Dickinson Set
by Adolf Weiss (1891-1971) , "Elysium", 1928, published c1930 [soprano and string quartet], from Seven Songs for Soprano and String Quartet, no. 6.

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