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 --

Poet: Emily Dickinson
Poem: 1425. The inundation of the Spring
Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Year: Published/Written in 1955
Poem of the Day: Dec 31 2010
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