| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 16386 |
| QUOTATION: | 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. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Emily Dickinson (18301886), U.S. poet. A Book (1), no. 1587, The Complete Poems (1955). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Dickinson Collection. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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