What is – "Paradise" –
What
is – "Paradise" –
Who
live there –
Are
they "Farmers" –
Do
they "hoe" –
Do
they know that this is "Amherst" –
And
that I – am coming – too –
Do
they wear "new shoes" –
in "Eden" –
Is
it always pleasant – there –
Won't
they scold us – when we're hungry
–
Or
tell God – how cross we are –
You
are sure there's such a person
As
"a Father" – in the sky
–
So
if I get lost – there – ever –
Or
do what the Nurse calls "die" –
I
shan't walk the "Jasper" –
barefoot –
Ransomed
folks – won't laugh at me –
Maybe
– "Eden" a'n't so
lonesome
As
New England used to be!
F241
(1861) 215
We
learn here that Dickinson found New England “lonesome.”
