Love can do all but raise the Dead - A poem by Emily Dickinson


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Emily Dickinson - Love can do all but raise the Dead

Love can do all but raise the Dead
I doubt if even that
From such a giant were withheld
Were flesh equivalent

But love is tired and must sleep,
And hungry and must graze
And so abets the shining Fleet
Till it is out of gaze.

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Poet: Emily Dickinson Poem: 1731. Love can do all but raise the Dead Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson Year: Published/Written in 1955 There are no comments for this poem. Why not be the first one to post something about it? Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, Love can do all but raise the Dead, has not yet been commented on. You can click here to be the first to post a comment about it. Of course you can also always discuss poems by Emily Dickinson with others on the American Poems poetry forum!

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Poet: Emily Dickinson Poem: 1731. Love can do all but raise the Dead Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson Year: Published/Written in 1955 Last read: Jul 23 2008, 2:05AM Viewed 3593 times. Added Jan 9 2004.

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