The Mind

The luxury to apprehend

by Emily Dickinson 1830–1886

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.

MLA

Dickinson, Emily. “The luxury to apprehend.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/743/.

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Dickinson, Emily. “The luxury to apprehend.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/743/.

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