Safe in their Alabaster Chambers

Emily Dickinson· 1830 – 1886· American· 1861

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Safe in their Alabaster Chambers

Emily Dickinson

Safe in their Alabaster Chambers —

Untouched by Morning —

And untouched by Noon —

Sleep the meek members of the Resurrection —

Rafter of Satin — and Roof of Stone!

Light laughs the breeze

In her Castle above them —

Babbles the Bee in a stolid Ear,

Pipe the Sweet Birds in ignorant cadence —

Ah, what sagacity perished here!

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Written c. 1861. Published 1862.

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