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.

Emily Dickinson

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Topic

Capacity for greatness Human potential

Author

Emily Dickinson

Source

We Never Know How High We Are

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1886 1880s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Dickinson, Emily. We Never Know How High We Are. Poems by Emily Dickinson: Third Series. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1896, I. 1.

Current Citation

Dickinson, Emily. "We Never Know How High We Are." Emily Dickinson’s Poems: As She Preserved Them, edited by Cristanne Miller. Belknap Press, 2016, I. 1.