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“The thirsty earth soaks up the rain, And drinks, and gapes for drink again; The plants suck in the earth, and are With constant drinking fresh and fair.”
Provenance
- Source:
- From Anacreon, ii. Drinking.
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- afa8c9202211c4d86fcc38843e3dbf27ff56c0c319a3cb1e69ddf424978d4384
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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