When a Lover is a Beggar
Abject is his Knee —
When a Lover is an Owner
Different is he —

What he begged is then the Beggar —
Oh disparity —
Bread of Heaven resents bestowal
Like an obloquy —

Analysis, meaning and summary of Emily Dickinson's poem When a Lover is a Beggar

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