Heaven. Emily Dickinson (1830-1886). VII. Death: Immortality: Heaven. Bliss Carman, et al., eds. 1904. The World's Best Poetry. IV. The Higher Life

Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume IV. The Higher Life. 1904.

VII. Death: Immortality: Heaven

Heaven

Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)


I NEVER saw a moor,
I never saw the sea;
Yet know I how the heather looks,
And what a wave must be.

I never spake with God,	5
Nor visited in heaven;
Yet certain am I of the spot
As if the chart were given.