The inundation of the Spring
Enlarges every soul --
It sweeps the tenement away
But leaves the Water whole --
In which the soul at first estranged --
Seeks faintly for its shore
But acclimated -- pines no more
For that Peninsula --
Classic poem
The inundation of the Spring
Public domain/Source
About this poem
- First line
- The inundation of the Spring
- Poet
- Emily Dickinson
- Themes
- nature, death, grief, faith
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