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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TIME; AN ENIGMA, by JONATHAN SWIFT Poet's Biography
First Line: Ever eating, never cloying
Last Line: Till I eat the world at last.
Variant Title(s): On Time; Riddle
Subject(s): Time
First Line: Ever eating, never cloying
Last Line: Till I eat the world at last.
Variant Title(s): On Time; Riddle
Subject(s): Time
Ever eating, never cloying,
All-devouring, all-destroying,
Never finding full repast
Till I eat the world at last.
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