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