Heavenly Father, by Emily Dickinson

Heavenly Father

‘Heavenly Father’ - take to thee

The supreme iniquity

Fashioned by thy candid Hand

In a moment contraband -

Though to trust us - seems to us

More respectful - 'We are Dust’ -

We apologize to thee

For thine own Duplicity -

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1540 As imperceptibly as Grief The Summer lapsed away— Too imperceptible at last To seem like Perfidy—

Like trains of cars on tracks of p… I hear the level bee: A jar across the flowers goes, Their velvet masonry Withstands until the sweet assault

844 Spring is the Period Express from God. Among the other seasons Himself abide,

617 Don’t put up my Thread and Needle… I’ll begin to Sew When the Birds begin to whistle— Better Stitches—so—

209 With thee, in the Desert— With thee in the thirst— With thee in the Tamarind wood— Leopard breathes—at last!

A Cloud withdrew from the Sky Superior Glory be But that Cloud and its Auxiliarie… Are forever lost to me Had I but further scanned

353 A happy lip—breaks sudden— It doesn’t state you how It contemplated—smiling— Just consummated—now—

As from the earth the light Ballo… Asks nothing but release - Ascension that for which it was, Its soaring Residence. The spirit looks upon the Dust

277 What if I say I shall not wait! What if I burst the fleshly Gate— And pass escaped—to thee! What if I file this Mortal—off—

LXXXIX A WORD is dead When it is said, Some say. I say it just

926 Patience—has a quiet Outer— Patience—Look within— Is an Insect’s futile forces Infinites—between—

Witchcraft has not a Pedigree ’Tis early as our Breath And mourners meet it going out The moment of our death—

386 Answer July— Where is the Bee— Where is the Blush— Where is the Hay?

XXIII A bird came down the walk: He did not know I saw; He bit an angle-worm in halves And ate the fellow, raw.

Not any sunny tone From any fervent zone Find entrance there - Better a grave of Balm Toward human nature’s home -