Emily Dickinson

10 December 1830 – 15 May 1886 / Amherst / Massachusetts

Except The Heaven Had Come So Near

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Except the Heaven had come so near—
So seemed to choose My Door—
The Distance would not haunt me so—
I had not hoped—before—

But just to hear the Grace depart—
I never thought to see—
Afflicts me with a Double loss—
'Tis lost—and lost to me—
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