Arcturus** is his other name,—
I ’d rather call him star!
It ’s so unkind of science
To go and interfere! ...
I ’d rather call him star!
It ’s so unkind of science
To go and interfere! ...
What once was heaven, is zenith now.
Where I proposed to go When time’s brief
masquerade was done*,
Is mapped, and charted too! ....
Perhaps the kingdom of Heaven’s changed*!
I hope the children there
Won’t be new-fashioned when I come,
And laugh at me, and stare!
Where I proposed to go When time’s brief
masquerade was done*,
Is mapped, and charted too! ....
Perhaps the kingdom of Heaven’s changed*!
I hope the children there
Won’t be new-fashioned when I come,
And laugh at me, and stare!
I hope the father in the skies*
Will lift his little girl,—
Old-fashioned, naughty***, everything,—
Over the stile of pearl! ---Emily Dickinson
*Dickinson is concerned (complaining?) about how science categorizes things she simply wants to "experience." She expresses some tongue-in-cheek concern that heaven may be this way, also.
**"Arcturus" means "Guardian of the Bear"; it is between the Big Bear (Big Dipper) and Little Bear (Little Dipper Constellations.
***Acknowledges her personal sinfulness
Will lift his little girl,—
Old-fashioned, naughty***, everything,—
Over the stile of pearl! ---Emily Dickinson
*Dickinson is concerned (complaining?) about how science categorizes things she simply wants to "experience." She expresses some tongue-in-cheek concern that heaven may be this way, also.
**"Arcturus" means "Guardian of the Bear"; it is between the Big Bear (Big Dipper) and Little Bear (Little Dipper Constellations.
***Acknowledges her personal sinfulness
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