How far is it to Heaven?

I decided to write this when I found myself manically repeating "not all tenors are idiots", in an attempt to stave off that 'let's quit choir' feeling after rehearsal tonight. 

Score & Audio here

Text by my bae, Emily Dickinson:

How far is it to Heaven?
As far as Death this way --
Of River or of Ridge beyond
Was no discovery.

How far is it to Hell?
As far as Death this way --
How far left hand the Sepulchre
Defies Topography.