474 <br /> <br />They put Us far apart— <br />As separate as Sea <br />And Her unsown Peninsula— <br />We signified "These see"— <br /> <br />They took away our Eyes— <br />They thwarted Us with Guns— <br />"I see Thee" each responded straight <br />Through Telegraphic Signs— <br /> <br />With Dungeons—They devised— <br />But through their thickest skill— <br />And their opaquest Adamant— <br />Our Souls saw—just as well— <br /> <br />They summoned Us to die— <br />With sweet alacrity <br />We stood upon our stapled feet— <br />Condemned—but just—to see— <br /> <br />Permission to recant— <br />Permission to forget— <br />We turned our backs upon the Sun <br />For perjury of that— <br /> <br />Not Either—noticed Death— <br />Of Paradise—aware— <br />Each other's Face—was all the Disc <br />Each other's setting—saw—<br /><br />Emily Dickinson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/they-put-us-far-apart/
