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Sadie and Maud by Gwendolyn Brooks
Maud went to college.
Sadie stayed home.
Sadie scraped life
With a fine toothed comb.
She didn..
Sweet, to have had them lost by Emily Dickinson
Sweet, to have had them lost
For news that they be saved --
The nearer they departed Us
The neare..
Sweet Skepticism of the Heart -- by Emily Dickinson
Sweet Skepticism of the Heart --
That knows -- and does not know --
And tosses like a Fleet of Bal..
Sweet Pirate of the heart, by Emily Dickinson
Sweet Pirate of the heart,
Not Pirate of the Sea,
What wrecketh thee?
Some spice’s Mutiny --
Som..
Sweet Mountains -- Ye tell Me no lie -- by Emily Dickinson
Sweet Mountains -- Ye tell Me no lie --
Never deny Me -- Never fly --
Those same unvarying Eyes
T..
Sweet is the swamp with its secrets, by Emily Dickinson
Sweet is the swamp with its secrets,
Until we meet a snake;
’Tis then we sigh for houses,
And our..
Sweet hours have perished here; by Emily Dickinson
Sweet hours have perished here;
This is a mighty room;
Within its precincts hopes have played, --
..
Sweet -- You forgot -- but I remembered by Emily Dickinson
Sweet -- You forgot -- but I remembered
Every time -- for Two --
So that the Sum be never hindered..
Sweet -- safe -- Houses by Emily Dickinson
Sweet -- safe -- Houses --
Glad -- gay -- Houses --
Sealed so stately tight --
Lids of Steel -- o..
Suspense -- is Hostiler than Death -- by Emily Dickinson
Suspense -- is Hostiler than Death --
Death -- tho’soever Broad,
Is Just Death, and cannot increas..
Surprise is like a thrilling -- pungent -- by Emily Dickinson
Surprise is like a thrilling -- pungent --
Upon a tasteless meat
Alone -- too acrid -- but combine..
Superiority to Fate by Emily Dickinson
Superiority to Fate
Is difficult to gain
’Tis not conferred of Any
But possible to earn
A pitt..
Superfluous were the Sun by Emily Dickinson
Superfluous were the Sun
When Excellence be dead
He were superfluous every Day
For every Day be s..
Sunset that screens, reveals -- by Emily Dickinson
Sunset that screens, reveals --
Enhancing what we see
By menaces of Amethyst
And Moats of Mystery..
Summer laid her simple Hat by Emily Dickinson
Summer laid her simple Hat
On its boundless Shelf --
Unobserved -- a Ribbon slipt,
Snatch it for..
Summer is shorter than any one -- by Emily Dickinson
Summer is shorter than any one --
Life is shorter than Summer --
Seventy Years is spent as quick
..
Summer has two Beginnings -- by Emily Dickinson
Summer has two Beginnings --
Beginning once in June --
Beginning in October
Affectingly again --
..
Summer for thee, grant I may be by Emily Dickinson
Summer for thee, grant I may be
When Summer days are flown!
Thy music still, when Whipporwill
And..
Summer begins to have the look by Emily Dickinson
Summer begins to have the look
Peruser of enchanting Book
Reluctantly but sure perceives
A gain u..
Such is the Force of Happiness -- by Emily Dickinson
Such is the Force of Happiness --
The Least -- can lift a Ton
Assisted by its stimulus --
Who M..
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