612 <br /> <br />It would have starved a Gnat— <br />To live so small as I— <br />And yet I was a living Child— <br />With Food's necessity <br /> <br />Upon me—like a Claw— <br />I could no more remove <br />Than I could coax a Leech away— <br />Or make a Dragon—move— <br /> <br />Not like the Gnat—had I— <br />The privilege to fly <br />And seek a Dinner for myself— <br />How mightier He—than I— <br /> <br />Nor like Himself—the Art <br />Upon the Window Pane <br />To gad my little Being out— <br />And not begin—again—<br /><br />Emily Dickinson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/it-would-have-starved-a-gnat/
