by Emily Dickinson
773
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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