Poem A Day

Classic poem

I've known a Heaven, like a Tent

by Emily Dickinson

I've known a Heaven, like a Tent --

To wrap its shining Yards --

Pluck up its stakes, and disappear --

Without the sound of Boards

Or Rip of Nail -- Or Carpenter --

But just the miles of Stare --

That signalize a Show's Retreat --

In North America --

No Trace -- no Figment of the Thing

That dazzled, Yesterday,

No Ring -- no Marvel --

Men, and Feats --

Dissolved as utterly --

As Bird's far Navigation

Discloses just a Hue --

A plash of Oars, a Gaiety --

Then swallowed up, of View.

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About this poem

First line
I've known a Heaven, like a Tent --
Poet
Emily Dickinson
Themes
nature, death, hope, solitude

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