Emily Dickinson

10 December 1830 – 15 May 1886 / Amherst / Massachusetts

The Sweetest Heresy Received

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The sweetest Heresy received
That Man and Woman know—
Each Other's Convert—
Though the Faith accommodate but Two—

The Churches are so frequent—
The Ritual—so small—
The Grace so unavoidable—
To fail—is Infidel—
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