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on Safe in their alabaster chambers, by Emily Dickinson, on September 13, 2008
The above is an edited combination of these two original versions of the poem:

Safe in their Alabaster Chambers —
Untouched by Morning
And untouched by Noon —
Sleep the meek members of the Resurrection —
Rafter of satin,
And Roof of stone.

Light laughs the breeze
In her Castle above them —
Babbles the Bee in a stolid Ear,
Pipe the Sweet Birds in ignorant cadence —
Ah, what sagacity perished here!

version of 1859

Safe in their Alabaster Chambers —
Untouched by Morning —
And untouched by Noon —
Lie the meek members of the Resurrection —
Rafter of Satin — and Roof of Stone!

Grand go the Years — in the Crescent — above them —
Worlds scoop their Arcs —
And Firmaments — row —
Diadems — drop — and Doges — surrender —
Soundless as dots — on a Disc of Snow —

version of 1861
on This World is not Conclusion by Emily Dickinson, on August 30, 2008
Oops - I should have capitalised "Species".
on This World is not Conclusion by Emily Dickinson, on August 30, 2008
I've found six books with this poem in, and they all say "species" (including the "Complete Poems" book currently advertised on this page).