It would have starved a Gnat --

It would have starved a Gnat --
To live so small as I --
And yet I was a living Child --
With Food's nescessity

Upon me -- like a Claw --
I could no more remove
Than I could modify a Leech[^a1]coax a Leech away --
Or make a Dragon -- move --

[^a1: modify a Leech | modify a Leech]

Nor like the Gnat -- had I --
The privilege to fly
And gain[^a2]seek a Dinner for myself --
How mightier He -- than I --

[^a2: gain | gain]

Nor like Himself -- the Art
Upon the Window Pane
To gad my little Being out --
And not begin -- again --

2.live] dine