We never know how high we are Till we are asked to rise And then if we are true to… — Emily Dickinson
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.
1886
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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.
Original citation
Dickinson, Emily. We Never Know How High We Are. Poems by Emily Dickinson: Third Series. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1896, I. 1.
