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Given in marriage unto thee

by Emily Dickinson, 1896

Given in marriage unto thee,
  Oh, thou celestial host!
Bride of the Father and the Son,
  Bride of the Holy Ghost!

Other betrothal shall dissolve,
  Wedlock of will decay;
Only the keeper of this seal
  Conquers mortality.

Published in Poems by Emily Dickinson: Third Series
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