Drowning is not so pitiful - A poem by Emily Dickinson


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Emily Dickinson - Drowning is not so pitiful

Drowning is not so pitiful
As the attempt to rise
Three times, 'tis said, a sinking man
Comes up to face the skies,
And then declines forever
To that abhorred abode,
Where hope and he part company --
For he is grasped of God.
The Maker's cordial visage,
However good to see,
Is shunned, we must admit it,
Like an adversity.

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Poet: Emily Dickinson Poem: 1718. Drowning is not so pitiful Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson Year: Published/Written in 1955 Last read: 2013-05-18 02:28:05 Viewed 15334 times. Added Jan 9 2004.

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