Unable are the Loved to die

Portrait of Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson 1830–1886
809Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson

Unable are the Loved to die For Love is Immortality, Nay, it is Deity --

Unable they that love -- to die For Love reforms Vitality Into Divinity.

From the bookComplete Poems of Emily DickinsonEdited by Thomas H. Johnson (Little, Brown)

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  1. Liz Ramos United States

    I love this poem, I think its so beautiful and it such a good portrayal of how strong and enduring love really is. Emily Dickinson has a great choice of words in this poem

  2. Cherea United States

    True that love never dies. It is the essence of all relationship. In this, those who love and are loved shall never die.

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