Given in Marriage unto Thee by Emily Dickinson

На брак Тебе я отдана,
к Тебе, Господь, иду
невестой Триединству, Ты -
Отец и Сын и Дух.

Иным кольцом не обручить,
где силе уз слабеть, -
хранитель этого кольца
преодолеет смерть...




[David Preest:
Human betrothal, caused by the will of two people to marry,
will dissolve at death. But only she who has a ring as the
Bride of Christ, or rather as the Bride of the Trinity, will
‘conquer mortality.’ As Jane Eberwein Donahue points out,
in this poem Emily describes her ever shifting relationship
with God in terms which are more Catholic than Calvinist.]

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Given in Marriage unto Thee by Emily Dickinson

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 Ring            
Conquer Mortality --