They put Us far apart lyrics
by Emily Dickinson
474
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 responded 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 upon our stapled feet
Condemned—but just—to see
Permission to recant
Permission to forget
We turned our backs upon 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