Tuesday, April 14, 2015

"I never saw a Moor -- " by Emily Dickinson

An untitled poem
by Emily Dickinson:

I never saw a Moor --
I never saw the Sea --
Yet know I how the Heather looks
And what a Billow be.

I never spoke with God
Nor visited in Heaven --
Yet certain am I of the spot
As if the Checks were given --


Source: The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson, edited by Thomas H. Johnson. This poem is in the public domain.

Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
American poet

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