Their Height in Heaven comforts not (696)
Emily Dickinson
Track 139 on Second Series
Their Height in Heaven comforts not (696) Lyrics
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."
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."
About
Genius Annotation
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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