Emily Dickinson

God is a distant — stately Lover

357 God is a distant — stately Lover — Woos, as He states us — by His Son — Verily, a Vicarious Courtship — "Miles", and "Priscilla", were such an One — But, lest the Soul — like fair "Priscilla" Choose the Envoy — and spurn the Groom — Vouches, with hyperbolic archness — "Miles", and "John Alden" were Synonym —