215 <br /> <br />What is—"Paradise"— <br />Who live there— <br />Are they "Farmers"— <br />Do they "hoe"— <br />Do they know that this is "Amherst"— <br />And that I—am coming—too— <br /> <br />Do they wear "new shoes"—in "Eden"— <br />Is it always pleasant—there— <br />Won't they scold us—when we're homesick— <br />Or tell God—how cross we are— <br /> <br />You are sure there's such a person <br />As "a Father"—in the sky— <br />So if I get lost—there—ever— <br />Or do what the Nurse calls "die"— <br />I shan't walk the "Jasper"—barefoot— <br />Ransomed folks—won't laugh at me— <br />Maybe—"Eden" a'n't so lonesome <br />As New England used to be!<br /><br />Emily Dickinson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/what-is/
