Religion

Their height in heaven comforts not

by Emily Dickinson 1830–1886

Religion

Their height in heaven comforts not,
Their glory nought to me;
'T was best imperfect, as it was;
I 'm finite, I can't see.

The house of supposition,
The glimmering frontier
That skirts the acres of perhaps,
To me shows insecure.

The wealth I had contented me;
If 't was a meaner size,
Then I had counted it until
It pleased my narrow eyes

Better than larger values,
However true their show;
This timid life of evidence
Keeps pleading, "I don't know."

MLA

Dickinson, Emily. “Their height in heaven comforts not.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/253/.

Chicago

Dickinson, Emily. “Their height in heaven comforts not.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/253/.

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