I should not dare to be so sad
So many Years again —
A Load is first impossible
When we have put it down —
The Superhuman then withdraws
And we who never saw
The Giant at the other side
Begin to perish now.
I should not dare to be so sad
Analysis, meaning and summary of Emily Dickinson's poem I should not dare to be so sad
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