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Heaven is What I Cannot Reach!

Emily Dickinson

By Simran Khurana, About.com Guide

Heaven is what I cannot reach!
The apple on the tree,
Provided it do hopless hang,
That "heaven" is, to me.

The color on the cruising cloud,
The interdicted ground
Behind the hill, the house behind, --
There Paradise is found!

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