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Lyric Poem · Peace

"Heaven" has different Signs—to me

by Emily Dickinson

"Heaven" has different Signs — to me —

Sometimes, I think that Noon

Is but a symbol of the Place —

And when again, at Dawn,

A mighty look runs round the World

And settles in the Hills —

An Awe if it should be like that

Upon the Ignorance steals —

The Orchard, when the Sun is on —

The Triumph of the Birds

When they together Victory make —

Some Carnivals of Clouds —

The Rapture of a finished Day —

Returning to the West —

All these — remind us of the place

That Men call "paradise" —

Itself be fairer — we suppose —

But how Ourself, shall be

Adorned, for a Superior Grace —

Not yet, our eyes can see —

This poem is in the public domain.

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