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I. LIFE - XLV.Undue significance a starving man attaches

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LIFE: XLV.Undue significance a starving man attaches


Undue significance a starving man attaches
To food
Far off; he sighs, and therefore hopeless,
And therefore good.

Partaken, it relieves indeed, but proves us
That spices fly
In the receipt. It was the distance
Was savory.













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