Emily Dickinson Quotes about Food

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The pedigree of honey does not concern the bee; A clover, any time, to him is aristocracy.

The pedigree of honey does not concern the bee; A clover, any time, to him is aristocracy.

Emily Dickinson

Spring, Food, Animal

"The pedigree of honey" l.1 (ca. 1884)

Fame is a fickle food Upon a shifting plate, Whose table once a Guest, but not The second time, is set. Whose crumbs the crows inspect, And with ironic caw Flap past it to the Farmer's corn; Men eat of it and die.

Emily Dickinson

Food, Past, Men

Emily Dickinson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Emily Dickinson (Illustrated)”, p.1939, Delphi Classics

I am going to learn to make bread tomorrow. So if you may imagine me with my sleeves rolled up, mixing flour, milk, saleratus, etc., with a deal of grace. I advise you if you dont know how to make the staff of life to learn with dispatch.

Emily Dickinson

Food, Grace, Mixing

Emily Dickinson, Martha Dickinson Bianchi (1971). “The Life and Letters of Emily Dickinson”, p.116, Biblo & Tannen Publishers