Safe in their Alabaster Chambers -
Untouched by Morning - and untouched by Noon -
Lie the meek members of the Resurrection -
Rafter of Satin - and Roof of Stone!

Springs - shake the sills - but the Echoes - stiffen -
Hoar - is the window - and numb - the door -
Tribes - of Eclipse - in Tents - of Marble -
Staples - of Ages - have buckled - there -

Grand go the Years - in the Crescent - above them -
Worlds scoop their Arcs - and Firmaments - row -
Diadems - drop - and Doges - Surrender -
Soundless as dots - on a Disc of Snow -

Emily Dickinson. 1861-62.
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