Had I not This, or This, I said,
Appealing to Myself,
In moment of prosperity —
Inadequate — were Life —
“Thou hast not Me, nor Me” — it said,
In Moment of Reverse —
“And yet Thou art industrious —
No need — hadst Thou — of us”?
My need — was all I had — I said —
The need did not reduce —
Because the food — exterminate —
The hunger — does not cease —
But diligence — is sharper —
Proportioned to the Chance —
To feed upon the Retrograde —
Enfeebles — the Advance —
(Emily Dickinson)
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