Along the Potomac
Along the Potomac is a short poem by Emily Dickinson that begins with a childhood memory of a woman's death. Years later, her only son goes up from the Potomac, his face all victory, to look upon her grave. The speaker imagines the slow turning of seasons until bullets cut his life short. Pride, Paradise, and the haunting image of mother and son passing through the speaker's mind give the verse a quiet, lingering ache.
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