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 --
Classic poem
How the Waters closed above Him
Public domain/Source
About this poem
- First line
- How the Waters closed above Him
- Poet
- Emily Dickinson
- Themes
- grief, time
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