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Deprived of other Banquet,
I entertained Myself-
At first-a scant nutrition-
An insufficient Loaf-
But grown by slender addings
To so esteemed a size
‘Tis sumptuous enough for me-
And almost to suffice
A Robin’s famine able-
Red Pilgrim, He and I-
A Berry from our table
Reserve-for charity-
(Emily Dickinson)
More Poetry from Emily Dickinson:
- Awake ye muses nine, sing me a strain divine (Emily Dickinson Poems)
- Sic transit gloria mundi (Emily Dickinson Poems)
- I cannot live with You (Emily Dickinson Poems)
- The Wind begun to knead the Grass (Emily Dickinson Poems)
- One Year ago-jots what? (Emily Dickinson Poems)
- Your Riches - taugh (Emily Dickinson Poems)