Their Height in Heaven comforts not (696) by Emily Dickinson
Their Height in Heaven comforts not (696) by Emily Dickinson

Their Height in Heaven comforts not (696)

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Their Height in Heaven comforts not (696) by Emily Dickinson

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Emily Dickinson
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This poem was written in 1863, which was nearing the End of the American civil war. The civil war was a devastating, and it resulted in the death of 750,000 soldiers and civilians. This war may have greatly influenced Dickinson’s writing, given this poem’s, and other’s, themes revolving around death...

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Their Height in Heaven comforts not (696) Annotated

Their Height in Heaven comforts not—
Their Glory—nought to me—
'Twas best imperfect—as it was—
I'm finite—I can't see—

The House of Supposition—
The Glimmering Frontier that
Skirts the Acres of Perhaps—
To Me—shows insecure—

The Wealth I had—contented me—
If 'twas a meaner size—
Then I had counted it until
It pleased my narrow Eyes—

Better than larger values—
That show however true—
This timid life of Evidence
Keeps pleading—"I don't know."

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