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,
So instead of getting to Heaven, at last --
I'm going, all along.
. . . a bibliophile's blog . . . an online paean to the printed page and the bound word. (And maybe films will be mentioned. And art. And food. And life in general.)
Saturday, 14 January, 2012
I happened across a reference to an Emily Dickinson poem, and had to read (and then share) the rest of it:
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