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First Line: One feeds on lard, and yet is leane
Last Line: Jove prospers my meat, more then his.
Subject(s): Food & Eating


One feeds on lard, and yet is leane;
And I but feasting with a Beane,
Grow fat and smooth: The reason is,
Jove prospers my meat, more then his.





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