Lyric Poem · Dreams & Sleep
Though the great Waters sleep
Though the great Waters sleep,
That they are still the Deep,
We cannot doubt —
No vacillating God
Ignited this Abode
To put it out —
This poem is in the public domain.
“Though the great Waters sleep” by Emily Dickinson — quilloak.com/poems/though-the-great-waters-sleep
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