Light swung the silver fleeces
"Peniel" Hills beyond,
And the bewildered Gymnast
Found he had worsted God!
(The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson)
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'Twas such a greedy, greedy waveThat licked it from the Coast --
Nor ever guessed the stately sails
My little craft was lost!
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They say that God is everywhere, and yet we always think of Him as somewhat of a recluse.
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Preface to Emily Dickinson's Poems. by Thomas W. Higginson (18231911) US clergyman, author When a thought takes one's breath away, a lesson in grammar seems an impertinence.
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I cautious, scanned my little life --
I winnowed what would fade
From what would last till Heads like mine
Should be a-dreaming laid.
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A Vastness, as a Neighbor, came,
A Wisdom, without Face, or Name,
A Peace, as Hemispheres at Home
And so the Night became.
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Some say that bright Majority
Of vanished Dames -- and Men!
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