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Fame is a fickle food upon a shifting plate. - Emily Dickinson Quotes

Fame is a fickle food
Upon a shifting plate

Source:Poem no. 1659: Fame is a fickle food; in The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson (ed. Little, Brown & Co., 1960), Page 678
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  • Name: Emily Dickinson
  • Profession: Poet
  • Born: December 10, 1830 - May 15, 1886
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