The Poems of Emily Dickinson, Variorum Edition, Franklin, 1998
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There came a day - at Summer's full - Entirely for me - I thought that such were for the Saints - Where Resurrections - be - The Sun - as common - went abroad -The Flowers - accustomed - blew - As if no soul - that solstice passed - Which maketh all things - new -The time was scarce profaned - by speech - The falling of a wordWas needless - as at Sacrament - The Wardrobe - of Our Lord! Each was to each - the sealed Church -Permitted to commune -this time - Lest we too awkward show -At supper of "the Lamb." The hours slid fast - as hours will - Clutched tight - by greedy hands - So - faces on two Decks - look back - Bound to opposing - lands.And so when all the time had leaked - Without external sound - Each bound the other's Crucifix - We gave no other Bond - Sufficient Troth - that we shallrise -Deposed - at length the Grave - To that new - Mar - riageMarriage - Justified - through Calvaries - of Love!