Religion
We pray to Heaven,
From Further Poems of Emily Dickinson (1929)
Religion
We pray to Heaven,
We prate of Heaven—
Relate when neighbors die,
At what o'clock to Heaven
They fled.
Who saw them wherefore fly?
Is Heaven a place, and Sky a face?
Location's narrow way
Is for ourselves;
Unto the Dead
There's no geography.
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MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “We pray to Heaven.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/612/.
Chicago
Dickinson, Emily. “We pray to Heaven.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/612/.
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