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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 crow's inspect And with ironic caw Flap past it to the farmers Farmers corn Men eat of it & die - Emily -

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	Image reproduced by permission of the Houghton Library, Harvard University. Not to be reproduced in whole or in part without permission. Transcription and commentary copyright 1998 by Martha Nell Smith, Laura Elyn Lauth, and Lara Vetter, all rights reserved Maintained by Rebecca Mooney  <rnmooney@umd.edu> Last updated on January 25, 2008