Emily Dickinson

Here you will find the Poem Except the Heaven had come so near of poet Emily Dickinson

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—