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Poem by Emily Elizabeth Dickinson


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The Life we have is very great.
The Life that we shall see
Surpasses it, we know, because
It is Infinity.

But when all Space has been beheld
And all Dominion shown
The smallest Human Heart's extent
Reduces it to none.



Emily Elizabeth Dickinson


Emily Elizabeth Dickinson's other poems:
  1. A Shady Friend for Torrid Days
  2. The Goal
  3. Sight
  4. The Thought Beneath So Slight a Film
  5. Portraits Are to Daily Faces


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