Of Paul and Silas it is said by Emily Dickinson

О Павле с Силой речено:
им выпал рок - темницы дно,
но тем, кто вывесть их пришёл,
взамен лишь и дано.

Отсрочка - эта же тюрьма
для устрашённых душ...
Оков довесок - выбрать нам
сверх тех Бессмертных уз.



[The imprisonment of Paul and Silas is told in Acts 16. 23-40.
ED errs in saying "They were not there" when, the prison being rent,
the jailors went to fetch them; they had in fact remained.
She confuses the account with one related earlier (Acts 5. 18-23)
wherein "the apostles" were released from imprisonment by angels.]

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Of Paul and Silas it is said by Emily Dickinson

Of Paul and Silas it is said               
There were in Prison laid               
But when they went to take them out       
They were not there instead.               

Security the same insures               
To our assaulted Minds --               
The staple must be optional               
That an Immortal binds.