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How The Waters Closed Above Him: Poem by Emily Dickinson

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How the Waters closed above Him
We shall never know—
How He stretched His Anguish to us
That—is covered too—

Spreads the Pond Her Base of Lilies
Bold above the Boy
Whose unclaimed Hat and Jacket
Sum the History—

Analysis of this poem

More verses by Emily Dickinson

  • Robbed By Death—but That Was Easy
  • Myself Was Formed—a Carpenter
  • I Can'T Tell You—but You Feel It
  • I Had Some Things That I Called Mine
  • My Nosegays Are For Captives;

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