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Houghton Library - J159, Fr135

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Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886. Poems: Loose sheets. A little bread, a crust - a crumb. MS Am 1118.3 (228). Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
Houghton Library - J159, Fr135
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Poems (1896), 66, the second stanza, from the fascicle (B). LL (1924), 77-78, the first stanza, from the copy to Susan Dickinson (A). Bingham, New England Quarterly, 20 (March 1947), 43-44, entire, from a transcript of B (a 1896pc, 57). Poems (1955), 115-16 (A, B principal); CP (1960), 75 (B). MB (1981), 188 (B), in facsimile. (J159). Franklin Variorum 1998 (F135A).
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Imported: 2013-10-21 13:00:46 -0400
Order: 1
Order Label: J159, Fr135
Label: J159, Fr135
Filename: ms_am_1118_3_228_0001

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F135A - A little bread - a crust - a crumb

A little bread, a crust - a crumb,
A little trust, a Demijohn -
Can keep the soul alive -
Not portly - mind!
But breathing - warm -
Conscious, as old Napoleon
The night before the Crown!

A modest lot, a fame petite -
A brief campaign of sting and sweet,
Is plenty! is enough!
A sailor's business is the Shore -
A soldier's - Balls!
Who asketh more
Must seek the neighboring life!

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First Line/Title: A little bread - a crust - a crumb
Date: 1860
Recipient: Susan Dickinson
Edition: Franklin Variorum 1998
Number: F135A
Textual Notes: Division
1 crust - a |
4 breathing - |
8 sting |
11 asketh |
12 neighboring |

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Manuscript: Two fair copies, about 1860 and 1861. One in pencil addressed "Sue" was sent to Susan Dickinson about the second half of 1860 (h 228).
Recipient: Susan Dickinson
Notes: Two fair copies, about 1860 and 1861. One in pencil addressed "Sue" was sent to Susan Dickinson about the second half of 1860 (h228).
Textual Notes: Division
1 crust - a |
4 breathing - |
8 sting |
11 asketh |
12 neighboring |
Publications: Poems (1896), 66, the second stanza, from the fascicle (B). LL (1924), 77-78, the first stanza, from the copy to Susan Dickinson (A). Bingham, New England Quarterly, 20 (March 1947), 43-44, entire, from a transcript of B (a 1896pc, 57). Poems (1955), 115-16 (A, B principal); CP (1960), 75 (B). MB (1981), 188 (B), in facsimile. (J159)

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F135B - A little bread - a crust - a crumb

The Poems of Emily Dickinson, Variorum Edition, Franklin, 1998

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