Declaiming Waters none may dread --
Declaiming Waters none may dread -- But Waters that are still Are so for that most fatal cause In Nature -- they are full --
Emily Dickinson
Declaiming Waters none may dread -- But Waters that are still Are so for that most fatal cause In Nature -- they are full --
Loud, declaiming waters may seem intimidating, but Dickinson’s speaker insists they aren’t what we should fear. The real danger lies in water that doesn’t move, that keeps its voice hidden. That stillness, she suggests, isn’t peace — it’s a sign of something far more deadly.
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