No ladder needs the bird but skies - A poem by Emily Dickinson


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Emily Dickinson - No ladder needs the bird but skies

No ladder needs the bird but skies
To situate its wings,
Nor any leader's grim baton
Arraigns it as it sings.
The implements of bliss are few --
As Jesus says of Him,
"Come unto me" the moiety
That wafts the cherubim.

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Poet: Emily Dickinson Poem: 1574. No ladder needs the bird but skies Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson Year: Published/Written in 1955 Last read: Jul 21 2008, 7:35PM Viewed 1407 times. Added Jan 9 2004.

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