Poem by Emily Elizabeth Dickinson

Hope (Hope is a subtle glutton)

Hope is a subtle glutton;
  He feeds upon the fair;
And yet, inspected closely,
  What abstinence is there!

His is the halcyon table
  That never seats but one,
And whatsoever is consumed
  The same amounts remain.

1. Superiority to Fate
2. The Forgotten Grave
3. Forbidden Fruit. I
4. Lay This Laurel on the One
5. Real Riches

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