The Mind
The luxury to apprehend
From The Single Hound (1914)
The Mind
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.
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MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “The luxury to apprehend.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/743/.
Chicago
Dickinson, Emily. “The luxury to apprehend.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/743/.
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