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[Mere eating and drinking]

Mere eating and drinking
Are base, to my thinking;
I scorn them and scout them,
Would fain do without them;
But vain is all strife,
For, such is our life,
Our blood there's no cheating
Of drinking and eating.
I'll seek then such food
As I find does me good,

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With relish to eat it,
And quickly forget it,
Nor waste any thinking
On eating and drinking.