The Poems of Emily Dickinson, Variorum Edition, Franklin, 1998
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They put Us far apart -As separate as Sea And Her unsown Peninsula - We signified "These see" - They took away our eyes -They thwarted Us with Guns - "I see Thee" Each respon - dedresponded straight Through Telegraphic Signs - With Dungeons - They devised - But through their thickest skill -And their opaquest Adamant - Our Souls saw - just as well - They summoned Us to die - With sweet alacrity We stood opon our stapled feet -Condemned - but just - to see -Permission to recant - Permission to forget - We turned our backs opon the Sun For perjury of that -Not Either - noticed Death - Of Paradise - aware - Each other's Face - was all the Disc Each other's setting - saw -