Emily Dickinson Lexicon

beyond, adv. [OE be ʒeondan.] (webplay: further, indefinite, reach).

1. Over there; on the other side; [fig.] after death; in the spirit world; in the next life.
2. Further on; in another dimension; in a different place; at a greater distance; [fig.] in immortality; after this life; on the farther side of mortality.
3. Later; further in time.
4. Phrase. “just beyond”: close; nearby but inaccessible; contiguous but unreachable; almost there but out of reach.