Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, IF I SHOULDN'T BE ALIVE, by EMILY DICKINSON


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Last Line: With my granite lip!  
Subject(s): Cemeteries


If I shouldn't be alive

When the Robins come,

Give the one in Red Cravat,

A Memorial crumb -

If I couldn't thank you,

Being fast asleep,

You will know I'm trying

With my Granite lip!




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