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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ENOUGH, by EMILY DICKINSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: God gave a loaf to every bird / but just a crumb to me
Last Line: Am sovereign of them all.
Variant Title(s): Poem: 791;poem: 748
First Line: God gave a loaf to every bird / but just a crumb to me
Last Line: Am sovereign of them all.
Variant Title(s): Poem: 791;poem: 748
God gave a loaf to every bird,
But just a crumb to me;
I dare not eat it, though I starve, --
My poignant luxury
To own it, touch it, prove the feat
That made the pellet mine, --
Too happy in my sparrow chance
For ampler coveting.
It might be famine all around,
I could not miss an ear,
Such plenty smiles upon my board,
My garner shows so fair.
I wonder how the rich may feel, --
An Indiaman -- an Earl?
I deem that I with but a crumb
Am sovereign of them all.
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