"Though the great waters sleep": poem
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Title
"Though the great waters sleep": poem
Collection
Emily Dickinson. 2 A.L.S. to Benjamin Kimball
Names
Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 (Author)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1885 (Questionable)
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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
Shelf locator: Berg Coll (Dickinson, E.)
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Photo Order: 53230
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 30da8b30-0495-0132-ce7d-58d385a7bbd0
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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. ""Though the great waters sleep": poem" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1885. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/30da8b30-0495-0132-ce7d-58d385a7bbd0
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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. (1885). "Though the great waters sleep": poem Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/30da8b30-0495-0132-ce7d-58d385a7bbd0
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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. ""Though the great waters sleep": poem" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 13, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/30da8b30-0495-0132-ce7d-58d385a7bbd0
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