Great Streets of silence led away - A poem by Emily Dickinson


Poets \| Bookstore \| Poem of the Day \| Top 40 \| Search \| Comments \| Privacy May 24th, 2013 - we have 234 poets, 8,025 poems and 56,671 comments.

Emily Dickinson - Great Streets of silence led away

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.

Share |

Added: Jan 9 2004 | Viewed: 4771 times |

Comments (1)

Great Streets of silence led away - Comments and Information
Poet: Emily Dickinson Poem: 1159. Great Streets of silence led away Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson Year: Published/Written in 1955 Comment 1 of 1, added on June 1st, 2005 at 8:33 PM. Could some one please explain/tranlate this poem, especialy the second part and reference to epoch. Is there a hitorical oncetext to this poem? BZ from Australia More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, Great Streets of silence led away, has received one comment so far. Click here to read it, and perhaps post a comment of your own.

Poem Info
Poet: Emily Dickinson Poem: 1159. Great Streets of silence led away Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson Year: Published/Written in 1955 Last read: 2013-05-24 15:49:30 Viewed 4771 times. Added Jan 9 2004.

Dickinson Info
Biography More Poems (1775 poems) Emily Dickinson books