I drank at every vine, the last was like the first. I came upon no win…

Edna St. Vincent Millay
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I drank at every vine, the last was like the first. I came upon no wine so wonderful as thirst. ✨ Edna St. Vincent Millay (2003). Edna St. Vincent Millay: Selected Poems, p.68, Library of America
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