900 <br /> <br />What did They do since I saw Them? <br />Were They industrious? <br />So many questions to put Them <br />Have I the eagerness <br /> <br />That could I snatch Their Faces <br />That could Their lips reply <br />Not till the last was answered <br />Should They start for the Sky. <br /> <br />Not if Their Party were waiting, <br />Not if to talk with Me <br />Were to Them now, Homesickness <br />After Eternity. <br /> <br />Not if the Just suspect me <br />And offer a Reward <br />Would I restore my Booty <br />To that Bold Person, God—<br /><br />Emily Dickinson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/what-did-they-do-since-i-saw-them/
