Emily Dickinson

Dec. 10, 1830 - May 15, 1886

 

Astra Castra

by Emily Dickinson

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.

Source:

Poems
Copyright 1890
Little, Brown, And Company, Boston