IT was a long parting, but the time
For interview had come;
Before the judgment-seat of God,
The last and second time
These fleshless lovers met,
A heaven in a gaze,
A heaven of heavens, the privilege
Of one another’s eyes.
No lifetime set on them,
Apparelled as the new
Unborn, except they had beheld,
Born everlasting now.
Was bridal e’er like this ?
A paradise, the host,
And cherubim and seraphim
The most familiar guest.
First print Love poem XV, 15
Johnson 625 | Franklin 691
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■→Poems, first print by Higginson and Todd, page 62;
Thematic arrangement into stanzas.
■Notes for Emily Dickinson’s poetry;
Poems one-by-one print and fascicle comparison,
■Resource for Emily Dickinson’s poetry;
■Google Drive, manuscript fascicles.
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