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The inundation of the Spring

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The inundation of the Spring by Emily Dickinson

 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 --

Form: Ballad

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