Emily Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, in 1830. She attended
Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in South Hadley but severe homesickness led her
to return home after one year.... More >
We never know how high we are
Till we are called to rise;
And then, if we are true to plan,
Our statures touch the skies—
The Heroism we recite
Would be a daily thing,
Did not ourselves the Cubits warp
For fear to be a King—