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JOTTINGS; BOOKS by JAMES OPPENHEIM

First Line: ONLY ON THE DAYS WHEN MY LIFE HAS EBBED
Last Line: AND READ WHAT NEVER YET WAS TOLD IN INK.
Subject(s): BOOKS; READING;

@3ONLY on the days when my life has ebbed
Do I feel the need of books to renew me ...
But on the days when I am quick and pouring with life,
I turn to the book of the world at whatever page I happen to open it,
And read what never yet was told in ink.@1



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