Lyric Poem · Peace
We pray—to Heaven
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 — a Sky — a Tree?
Location's narrow way is for Ourselves —
Unto the Dead
There's no Geography —
But State — Endowal — Focus —
Where — Omnipresence — fly?
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“We pray—to Heaven” by Emily Dickinson — quilloak.com/poems/we-pray-to-heaven
Quick facts
- Poem
- We pray—to Heaven
- Poet
- Emily Dickinson
- Length
- 11 lines
- Form
- Lyric Poem
- Themes
- Peace, Death & Loss, Nature
Craft notes
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- Shape
- 11 lines · 3 stanzas of 2–5 lines
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- Author record
- Emily Dickinson1830–1886
- Source record
- PoetryDBWe pray—to Heaven by emily-dickinson, PoetryDB transcription
- Display decision
- Full text · United States · reviewed 2026-07-18
- Publication record
- Not recorded in the imported source
- Text fingerprint
- SHA-256 fac11fa2a5171850…
- Editorial handling
- Whitespace and stanza breaks normalized for web display; no material wording change recorded.
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