Emily Dickinson

'Twas a long Parting — but the time

625 'Twas 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 — on Them — Appareled as the new Unborn — except They had beheld — Born infiniter — now — Was Bridal — e'er like This? A Paradise — the Host — And Cherubim — and Seraphim — The unobtrusive Guest —