Fame is a fickle food

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Fame is a fickle food
Written by:Emily Dickinson (other works)
Poem #:1659
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Language:English
Type:Poetry
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Preceded by:Endanger it, and the Demand -1658-
Succeeded by:Glory is that bright tragic thing -1660-

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Fame is a fickle food
Upon a shifting plate
Whose table once a
Guest but not
The second time is set.


Whose crumbs the crows inspect
And with ironic caw
Flap past it to the
Farmer's Corn --
Men eat of it and die.











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