Emily Dickinson

A little bread - A crust - A crumb

159 A little bread — a crust — a crumb — A little trust — a demijohn — Can keep the soul alive — Not portly, mind! but breathing — warm — Conscious — as old Napoleon, The night before the Crown! A modest lot — A fame petite — A brief Campaign of sting and sweet Is plenty! Is enough! A Sailor's business is the shore! A Soldier's — balls! Who asketh more, Must seek the neighboring life!