1. What is heaven? 'tis a country Far away from mortal ken; 'Tis a land, where, by God's bounty, After death live righteous men. 2. That that blest land I may enter, Is my humble, earnest cry; Lord! admit me to Thy presence, Lord! admit me, or I die. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO MARY CHURCH TERRELL - LECTURER by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: ALBERT SCHIRDING by EDGAR LEE MASTERS HASTE NOT! REST NOT! by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE THE LONELY CHILD by JAMES OPPENHEIM SONG, FR. THE TWO GENTELEM OF VERONA by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE VERSES ADDRESSED TO IMITATOR OF FIRST SATIRE OF HORACE by MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU PRAYER OF THE LOST by ALETHEA TODD ALDERSON |