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How the Waters closed above Him

By Emily DickinsonSource: Emily Dickinson - PoetryDB (Public Domain)37 words

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 --

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