"Heaven" -- is what I cannot reach!

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Written by:

Emily Dickinson (other works)

Poem #:

239

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Language:

English

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Poetry

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Preceded by:

Kill your Balm -- and its Odors bless you -- -238-

Succeeded by:

Ah, Moon -- and Star! -240-

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"Heaven" -- is what I cannot reach!
The Apple on the Tree --
Provided it do hopeless -- hang --
That -- "Heaven" is -- to Me!

The Color, on the Cruising Cloud --
The interdicted Land --
Behind the Hill -- the House behind --
There -- Paradise -- is found!

Her teasing Purples -- Afternoons --
The credulous -- decoy --
Enamored -- of the Conjuror --
That spurned us -- Yesterday!