"Heaven" has different Signs -- to me --

Emily DickinsonContemplative

"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 --

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