His mind of man, a secret makes
I meet him with a start
He carries a circumference
In which I have no part.
Source: The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson, no. 1663, ed. Thomas H. Johnson, 1955.
-- Emily Dickinson, (Dec 10 1830-1886), US poet; She was a reclusive stylist who combined spare lyricism with unorthodox diction.