1936


Good Morning, Midnight (op. 101, no. 4)

Composed by Arthur Farwell

Four Emily Dickinson Songs, Op. 101 Song Collection


"Good Morning, Midnight," Op. 101, no. 4 is the last song of Arthur Farwell's Four Emily Dickinson Songs, Op. 101. The song is currently published in Arthur Farwell's Thirty-Four Songs on Poems of Emily Dickinson, Vol. 1.

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Good Morning, Midnight (poem 425)
by Emily Dickinson

Good Morning — Midnight —
I’m coming Home —
Day — got tired of Me —
How could I — of Him?

Sunshine was a sweet place —
I liked to stay —
But Morn — didn’t want me — now —
So — Goodnight — Day!

I can look — can’t I —
When the East is Red?
The Hills — have a way — then —
That puts the Heart — abroad —

You — are not so fair — Midnight —
I chose — Day —
But — please take a little Girl —
He turned away!

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