How the Waters closed

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 --

by Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) , no title

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by Lee Hoiby (1926-) , "How the Waters closed", from Four Dickinson Songs, no. 2.

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