Victory comes late -- by Emily Dickinson
Victory comes late -- And is held low to freezing lips -- Too rapt with frost To take it -- How sweet it would have tasted -- Just a Drop -- Was God so economical? His Table's spread too high for Us -- Unless We dine on tiptoe -- Crumbs -- fit such little mouths -- Cherries -- suit Robbins -- The Eagle's Golden Breakfast strangles -- Them -- God keep His Oath to Sparrows -- Who of little Love -- know how to starve --
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