No ladder needs the bird but skies
by Emily Dickinson
· (no date)
Published 01/07/1880
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.