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
Hearty with Boys the Road —

Shot the lithe Sleds like shod vibrations
Emphasized and gone
It is the Past’s supreme italic
Makes this Present mean —

Analysis, meaning and summary of Emily Dickinson's poem Glass was the Street — in tinsel Peril

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