God is a distant -- stately Lover by Emily Dickinson
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 --
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