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The Luxury to apprehend
The Luxury 'twould be
To look at Thee a single time
An Epicure of Me
In whatsoever Presence makes
Till for a further Food
I scarcely recollect to starve
So first am I supplied—
The Luxury to meditate
The Luxury it was
To banguet on thy Countenance
A Sumptuousness bestows
On plainer Days, whose Table far
As Certainty can see
Is laden with a single Crumb
The Consciousness of Thee.
More verses by Emily Dickinson
- He Forgot—and I—remembered
- There Is A June When Corn Is Cut
- Most She Touched Me By Her Muteness
- He Gave Away His Life
- My Soul—accused Me—and I Quailed