Religion
Heaven is what I cannot reach
Religion
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 ground
Behind the hill, the house behind, --
There Paradise is found!
Cite this poem
MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “Heaven is what I cannot reach.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/285/.
Chicago
Dickinson, Emily. “Heaven is what I cannot reach.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/285/.
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