Nature

The Sea said "Come" to the Brook

by Emily Dickinson 1830–1886

From The Single Hound (1914)

Nature

The Sea said "Come" to the Brook,
The Brook said "Let me grow!"
The Sea said "Then you will be a Sea—
I want a brook, Come now!"

MLA

Dickinson, Emily. “The Sea said "Come" to the Brook.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/728/.

Chicago

Dickinson, Emily. “The Sea said "Come" to the Brook.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/728/.

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