When a Wanderess has been caged, or perched with her wings clipped, She lives like a Stoic, She lives most heroic, smiling with ruby, moistened lips once her cup of Death is welcome sipped.
If we speak of direct means for the culture of the imagination, the whole is comprised in two words--food and exercise.
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If we speak of direct means for the culture of the imagination, the whole is comprised in two words--food and exercise.
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