“God preaches, a noted Clergyman —
And the sermon is never long,
So instead of getting to Heaven, at last—
I’m going, all along.”

— Emily Dickinson, Some keep the Sabbath going to Church

324: Some keep the Sabbath going to Church —
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson (1960)

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American poet 1830–1886

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