Lyric Poem · Nature
Oh Sumptuous moment
Oh Sumptuous moment
Slower go
That I may gloat on thee —
'Twill never be the same to starve
Now I abundance see —
Which was to famish, then or now —
The difference of Day
Ask him unto the Gallows led —
With morning in the sky —
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“Oh Sumptuous moment” by Emily Dickinson — quilloak.com/poems/oh-sumptuous-moment
Quick facts
- Poem
- Oh Sumptuous moment
- Poet
- Emily Dickinson
- Length
- 9 lines
- Form
- Lyric Poem
- Themes
- Nature, Short
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- Shape
- 9 lines · 2 stanzas of 4–5 lines
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- Author record
- Emily Dickinson1830–1886
- Source record
- PoetryDBOh Sumptuous moment by emily-dickinson, PoetryDB transcription
- Display decision
- Full text · United States · reviewed 2026-07-18
- Publication record
- Not recorded in the imported source
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- Editorial handling
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