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This resource relating to Revelation 21, 22 provides poems by Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) and Stevie Smith (1902-1971) expressing a longing for the peace of heaven.
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Englewood Review
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading:
Revelation 21:10, 22-22:5
CLASSIC POEM:
Where bells no more affright the morn
Emily Dickinson
Where bells no more affright the morn—
Where scrabble never comes—
Where very nimble Gentlemen
Are forced to keep their rooms—
Where tired Children placid sleep
Thro’ Centuries of noon
This place is Bliss—this town is Heaven—
Please, Pater, pretty soon!
“Oh could we climb where Moses stood,
And view the Landscape o’er”
Not Father’s bells—nor Factories,
Could scare us any more!
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
The Heavenly City
Stevie Smith
SNIPPET:
I sigh for the heavenly country,
Where the heavenly people pass,
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Key Scriptures:
Revelation 21:10, 22-27, 22:1-5
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year C Sixth Sunday of Easter
Date:
Monday, May 16, 2022