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If thou of fortune be bereft

 

If thou of fortune be bereft

And in thy store there be

but left

Two loaves—sell one, and

with the dole

Buy hyacinths to feed thy soul.

This version of a famous poem appeared in

The Century magazine in August 1907 by

James Terry White, under the title

“Not By Bread Alone”

(My mother [Virginia’s] favorite, oft-quoted poem)

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