Oh Sumptuous moment
Slower go
That I may gloat on thee —
‘Twill never be the same to starve
Now I abundance see —

Which was to famish, then or now —
The difference of Day
Ask him unto the Gallows led —
With morning in the sky —

Analysis, meaning and summary of Emily Dickinson's poem Oh Sumptuous moment

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