Emily Dickinson

10 December 1830 – 15 May 1886 / Amherst / Massachusetts

The Lady Feeds Her Little Bird

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The Lady feeds Her little Bird
At rarer intervals—
The little Bird would not dissent
But meekly recognize

The Gulf between the Hand and Her
And crumbless and afar
And fainting, on Her yellow Knee
Fall softly, and adore—
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