To bring the dead to life
Is no great magic.
Few are wholly dead:
Blow on a dead man's embers
And a live flame will start.
Source: To Bring the Dead to Life
-- Robert Graves, (Jul 26 1895-1985), English novelist, poet, writer; He authored more than 120 novels, books of poetry and criticism; best known for his historical novel, I, Claudius, 1934.