Poetry is no more a narcotic than a stimulant; it is a universal bittersweet mixture for all possible household emergencies and its action varies accordingly as it is taken in a wineglass or a tablespoon, inhaled, gargled or rubbed on the chest by hard fingers covered with rings. - Robert Graves

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Robert Graves: "Poetry is no more a narcotic than a stimulant; it is a universal bittersweet mixture for all possible household emergencies and its action varies accordingly as it is taken in a wineglass or a tablespoon, inhaled, gargled or rubbed on the chest by hard fingers covered with rings."

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Accordingly	Action	Bittersweet	Chest
Covered	Emergencies	Fingers	Gargled
Hard	Household	Inhaled	Mixture
Narcotic	Poetry	Possible	Rings
Rubbed	Stimulant	Tablespoon	Taken
Universal	Varies	Wineglass

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