I never felt at Home－Below－1
And in the Handsome Skies
I shall not feel at Home－I know－
I don't like Paradise－
Because it's Sunday－all the time－ 5
And Recess－never comes－
And Eden'll be so lonesome
Bright Wednesday Afternoons－
If God could make a visit－ 9
Or ever took a Nap－
So not to see us－but they say
Himself－a Telescope
Perennial beholds us－ 13
Myself would run away
From Him－and Holy Ghost－and All－
But there's the "Judgement Day"!
And in the Handsome Skies
I shall not feel at Home－I know－
I don't like Paradise－
Because it's Sunday－all the time－ 5
And Recess－never comes－
And Eden'll be so lonesome
Bright Wednesday Afternoons－
If God could make a visit－ 9
Or ever took a Nap－
So not to see us－but they say
Himself－a Telescope
Perennial beholds us－ 13
Myself would run away
From Him－and Holy Ghost－and All－
But there's the "Judgement Day"!
(F.437/J.413)
[4] Paradise:: the front yard of a church.
[5] Sunday all the time:: the Lend lasts for forty days.
[8] Wednesday:: Ash Wednedsay, the first day of Lent; the Catholic church will spread ash on penitent's head.
[16] "Judgment Day":: title of a speech.
Forty days of abstinence from pleasant meats, and things more pleasant than any food, however delicate and rare! Forty days spent in deepening the impression that we are sinners! ─ Instruction and Encouragement for Lent (1859)