Emily Dickinson

Let’s start this morning off with a poem by American poet Emily Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886). Little known during her life, she has since been regarded as one of the most important figures in American poetry.

We Never Know How High We Are
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We never know how high we are
Till we are asked to rise
And then if we are true to plan
Our statures touch the skies -

The Heroism we recite
Would be a normal thing
Did not ourselves the Cubits warp
For fear to be a King

--Emily Dickinson