625 'Twas a long Parting — but the time [Russian translation]

'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 —

• Artist:Emily Dickinson