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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 banquet 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.
The Robin for the Crumb
Returns no syllable
But long records the
Lady's name
In Silver Chronicle.
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