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The Thirsty Earth Soaks Up The Rain, And Drinks, And Gapes For Drink Agai
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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.
-- Abraham Cowley (1618-1667)
-- From Anacreon, ii, Drinking
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Now is the time for drinking; now the time to beat the earth with unfettered foot.
-- Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) (65-8 B.C.)...
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Gravity doesn't suck, the earth does.