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The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson
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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 skiesβ€”

The Heroism we recite
Would be a normal thing
Did not ourselves the Cubits warp
For fear to be a Kingβ€”
Book: The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson
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