SOME KEEP SUNDAY GOING TO CHURCH by Emily Dickinson
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 SOME KEEP SUNDAY GOING TO CHURCH
by Emily Dickinson
American poet (December 10, 1830 - May 15, 1886)

Some keep Sunday going to church
I keep it staying at home,
With a bobolink for a chorister,
And an orchard for a throne.

Some keep 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 going to heaven at last
I'm going all along.

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