The Poems of Emily Dickinson, Variorum Edition, Franklin, 1998
Emily Dickinson Archive
What did They do since I saw Them?Were They industrious? So many questions to put Them Have I the Eagerness That could I snatch Their FacesThat could Their lips reply Not till the last was answered Should They start for the Sky - Not if the Just suspect Me And offer a RewardWould I restore my Booty To that Bold Person, God,Not if Their Party were waiting, Not if to talk with Me Were to Them now, HomesicknessAfter Eternity -