 | Milton Meltzer - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2005 - 140 pages
...the right book reaching the right mind at just the right moment is voiced in one of Emily's poems: He ate and drank the precious Words— His Spirit...the dingy Days And this Bequest of Wings Was but a Book—What Liberty A loosened spirit brings— Once, jokingly, she sent someone a prose valentine... | |
 | Haig A. Bosmajian - Literary Criticism - 2006 - 241 pages
...languages and emperors'" (Rev. 10:8-11). Poetically, Emily Dickinson writes of words being eaten and drunk: He ate and drank the precious Words — His Spirit grew robust — He knew no more than he was poor, Nor that his frame was Dust — He danced along the dingy Days, And this Bequest... | |
 | Dorothy W. Martyn - Family & Relationships - 2007 - 193 pages
...without this constant companion. Perhaps it is appropriate to let Dickinson speak for me at the outset: He ate and drank the precious Words — His Spirit...but a Book — What Liberty A loosened spirit brings — (#1587) Acknowledgments In the writing of this book, my indebtedness to others is "manifold," as... | |
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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! 
