Poem by Emily Elizabeth Dickinson

Time's Lesson

Mine enemy is growing old, --
I have at last revenge.
The palate of the hate departs;
If any would avenge, --

Let him be quick, the viand flits,
It is a faded meat.
Anger as soon as fed is dead;
'T is starving makes it fat.

1. Undue Significance a Starving Man Attaches
2. Deed
3. When I Hoped I Feared
4. Remorse
5. The Shelter

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