Great Streets of silence led away
To Neighborhoods of Pause --
Here was no Notice -- no Dissent
No Universe -- no laws --
By Clocks, 'twas Morning, and for Night
The Bells at Distance called --
But Epoch had no basis here
For Period exhaled.
Classic poem
Great Streets of silence led away
Public domain/Source
About this poem
- First line
- Great Streets of silence led away
- Poet
- Emily Dickinson
- Themes
- nature, hope, night, choice
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