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I never felt at Home—Below

by Emily Dickinson

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.

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