"Tis a little thing To give a cup of water; yet its draught of cool refreshment, drain'd by fever'd lips, May give a shock of pleasure to the frame More exquisite than when nectarean juice Renews the life of joy in happiest hours."

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Source : Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd (1837). “Ion: A Tragedy in Five Acts”, p.16

Thomas Noon Talfourd

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