God permits industrious Angels --
Afternoons -- to play --
I met one -- forgot my Schoolmates --
All -- for Him -- straightway --
God calls home -- the Angels -- promptly --
At the Setting Sun --
I missed mine -- how dreary -- Marbles --
After playing Crown!

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Poet: Emily Dickinson
Poem: 231. God permits industrious Angels
Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Year: Published/Written in 1955

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