Heaven

by Emily Dickinson (1830–1886) · 1850 English

I Never saw a moor,
I never saw the sea;
Yet know I how the heather looks,
And what a wave must be.

I never spake with God,
Nor visited in heaven;
Yet certain am I of the spot
As if the chart were given.

Source: Bartleby.com (archived copy)

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