Ive heard an Organ talk sometimes

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Ive heard an Organ talk sometimes by Emily Dickinson

 I've heard an Organ talk, sometimes
In a Cathedral Aisle,
And understood no word it said --
Yet held my breath, the while --

And risen up -- and gone away,
A more Berdardine Girl --
Yet -- know not what was done to me
In that old Chapel Aisle.

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