Poems by Emily Dickinson, Three Series, Complete
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Chapter 50 A SERVICE OF SONG.

Some keep the Sabbath going to church;

I keep it staying at home,

With a bobolink for a chorister,

And an orchard for a dome.

Some keep the Sabbath in surplice;

I just wear my wings,

And instead of tolling the bell for church,

Our little sexton sings.

God preaches, - a noted clergyman, -

And the sermon is never long;

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