ASTRA CASTRA - Departed to the judgment

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Departed to the judgment,
A mighty afternoon;
Great clouds like ushers leaning,
Creation looking on.

The flesh surrendered, cancelled,
The bodiless begun;
Two worlds, like audiences, disperse
And leave the soul alone.

More poems by Emily Dickinson

The moon is distant from the sea, / And yet with amber hands

Who never wanted, -- maddest joy / Remains to him unknown:

To hear an oriole sing / May be a common thing,

Unto my books so good to turn / Far ends of tired days;