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Though the great Waters sleep,
That they are still the Deep,
We cannot doubt –
No vacillating God
ignited this Abode
To put it out –
(Emily Dickinson, 1884)
Even the great waters are still,
Stay deep,
Zweifel wer will –
So schwankend ist Gott nicht
Dass er dies Leben riefe
Und dann zerbricht –