Lyric Poem · Peace
I never felt at Home—Below
I never felt at Home — Below —
And in the Handsome Skies
I shall not feel at Home — I know —
I don't like Paradise —
Because it's Sunday — all the time —
And Recess — never comes —
And Eden'll be so lonesome
Bright Wednesday Afternoons —
If God could make a visit —
Or ever took a Nap —
So not to see us — but they say
Himself — a Telescope
Perennial beholds us —
Myself would run away
From Him — and Holy Ghost — and All —
But there's the "Judgement Day"!
This poem is in the public domain.
“I never felt at Home—Below” by Emily Dickinson — quilloak.com/poems/i-never-felt-at-home-below
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