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He Ate and Drank the Precious Words
Project Gutenberg eBook #12242, Poems by Emily Dickinson, Three Series, Complete
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# He Ate and Drank the Precious Words
He Ate and Drank the Precious Words
XXI.
A BOOK.
He ate and drank the precious words, His spirit grew robust; He knew no more that he was poor, Nor that his frame was dust. He danced along the dingy days, And this bequest of wings Was but a book. What liberty A loosened spirit brings!