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