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When a Lover is a Beggar

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When a Lover is a Beggar by Emily Dickinson

 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 --

Form: Free verse

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