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Glass was the Street — in tinsel Peril

Glass was the Street — in tinsel Peril
Tree and Traveller stood —
Filled was the Air with merry venture …
Glee — The great storm is over —

Glee ! the great storm is over !
Four have recovered the land ;
Forty gone down together …

Emily Dickinson
"Glide soft, ye Silver Floods"

"Glide soft", ye Silver Floods"
Glide soft, ye silver floods,
And every spring: …

Nicholas Breton
Gloomy Winter's noo awa

Gloomy Winter's noo awa'; soft the westlin breezes blaw.
Among the birks o' Stanley shaw the mavis sings fu' cheerie O.
Sweet the crawflowers early bell decks Glenifer's dewy dell. …

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Go not too near a House of Rose —

Go not too near a House of Rose —
The depredation of a Breeze —
Or inundation of a Dew …
"Go tell it" — What a Message —

"Go tell it" — What a Message —
To whom — is specified —
Not murmur — not endearment — …
God gave a Loaf to every Bird —

God gave a Loaf to every Bird —
But just a Crumb — to Me —
I dare not eat it — tho' I starve — …

Emily Dickinson
God is a distant — stately Lover —

God is a distant — stately Lover —
Woos, as He states us — by His Son —
Verily, a Vicarious Courtship — …

Emily Dickinson
God is indeed a jealous God —

God is indeed a jealous God —
He cannot bear to see
That we had rather not with Him …
God made no act without a cause,

God made no act without a cause,
Nor heart without an aim,
Our inference is premature, …

Emily Dickinson
God permits industrious Angels —

God permits industrious Angels —
Afternoons — to play —
I met one — forgot my Schoolmates — …

Emily Dickinson
Going to Heaven!

Going to Heaven!
I don't know when —
Pray do not ask me how! …

Emily Dickinson
Going to Him! Happy letter!

Going to Him! Happy letter!
Tell Him —
Tell Him the page I didn't write — …

Emily Dickinson
Good Morning — Midnight —

Good Morning — Midnight —
I'm coming Home —
Day — got tired of Me — …

Emily Dickinson
Good Night! Which put the Candle out?

Good Night! Which put the Candle out?
A jealous Zephyr — not a doubt —
Ah, friend, you little knew …

Emily Dickinson
Good night, because we must,

Good night, because we must,
How intricate the dust!
I would go, to know! …
The Good-Morrow

I WONDER by my troth, what thou and I
Did, till we loved? were we not wean'd till then?
But suck'd on country pleasures, childishly? …

John Donne
The Grave of Keats

Rid of the world’s injustice, and his pain,
He rests at last beneath God’s veil of blue:
Taken from life when life and love were new …

Maria White Lowell
Great Men & Fools do often me Inspire

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Great Men & Fools do often me Inspire
But the Greater Fool the Greater Liar

William Blake
Great Streets of silence led away

Great Streets of silence led away
To Neighborhoods of Pause —
Here was no Notice — no Dissent …

Emily Dickinson