Religion
Exultation is the going
Religion
Exultation is the going
Of an inland soul to sea, --
Past the houses, past the headlands,
Into deep eternity!
Bred as we, among the mountains,
Can the sailor understand
The divine intoxication
Of the first league out from land?
Cite this poem
MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “Exultation is the going.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/81/.
Chicago
Dickinson, Emily. “Exultation is the going.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/81/.
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