Some keep the Sabbath going to Church — Snail

Some go to church for "getting to Heaven at last." A snail (with a moving home) is always in its heavenly orchard. Dickinson stopped going to church after her seclusion, but she considered herself in heaven all the time when she was at home.

Some keep the Sabbath going to Church－¹
I keep it, staying at Home－
With a Bobolink for a Chorister－
And an Orchard, for a Dome－

Some keep the Sabbath in Surplice－⁵
I just wear my Wings－
And instead of tolling the Bell, for Church,
Our little Sexton－sings.

God preaches, a noted Clergyman－⁹
And the sermon is never long,
So instead of getting to Heaven, at last－
I'm going, all along.

(F.236/J.324)

[1] I:: the narrator is a snail.
[2] Home:: snail's shell as its house.
[4] Orchard:: the snail is crawling in an orchard, its heaven.
[6] wear:: to rub, move by friction. Wings:: the snail's wing-like feet.
[8] Sexton:: sexton beetle, a burying beetle.
[9] God:: the nature. noted:: having musical notation _{(OED 2)}.
[10] sermon, never long:: nature's sermon is never long; Dickinson thought the church's was long.
[11] Heaven, at last:: human only goes to Heaven at the end.
[12] all along:: the snail is always in its heavenly orchard.