Emily Dickinson

Deprived of Other Banquet

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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—
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