You cannot make Remembrance grow

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Written by:

Emily Dickinson (other works)

Poem #:

1508

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Language:

English

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Poetry

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Preceded by:

The Pile of Years is not so high -1507-

Succeeded by:

Mine Enemy is growing old -- -1509-

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You cannot make Remembrance grow
When it has lost its Root --
The tightening the Soil around
And setting it upright
Deceives perhaps the Universe
But not retrieves the Plant --
Real Memory, like Cedar Feet
Is shod with Adamant --
Nor can you cut Remembrance down
When it shall once have grown --
Its Iron Buds will sprout anew
However overthrown --