Endow the Living — with the Tears —

Endow the Living — with the Tears —
You squander on the Dead,
And They were Men and Women — now,
Around Your Fireside —

Instead of Passive Creatures,
Denied the Cherishing
Till They — the Cherishing deny —
With Death’s Ethereal Scron —

Analysis, meaning and summary of Emily Dickinson's poem Endow the Living — with the Tears —

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