No ladder needs the bird but skies

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No ladder needs the bird but skies by Emily Dickinson
1574


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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