923 <br /> <br />How the Waters closed above Him <br />We shall never know— <br />How He stretched His Anguish to us <br />That—is covered too— <br /> <br />Spreads the Pond Her Base of Lilies <br />Bold above the Boy <br />Whose unclaimed Hat and Jacket <br />Sum the History—<br /><br />Emily Dickinson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/how-the-waters-closed-above-him/