Poetry Archives

As if the Sea should part

Emily Dickinson

695

As if the Sea should part
And show a further Sea—
And that—a further—and the Three
But a presumption be—

Of Periods of Seas—
Unvisited of Shores—
Themselves the Verge of Seas to be—
Eternity—is Those—

What are tags?
Tags, sometimes called “folksonomies,” are words that describe or categorize a poem, like “20th century modernism” or “Italian sonnet”. Tags can help you find poems that have something in common, based on how other people classify them.

Browse Poems By:

• Poets
• Poem Titles
• First Lines
• Last Lines
• Genres
• Languages

Explore the Archives

• Archives » Home
• Poetry Xtras
• Submit a Poem
• Top 50
• Random Poem

Advertisement