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 1     I|      love his greedy sight, his breath~ Hanging upon thy lips.
 2     I|         four - fire, earth, and breath, and rain;~ As first Empedocles
 3     I|        be create -~ No thing of breath, no stock or stalk of tree:~
 4   III|    unwound,~ And when the vital breath is forced without,~ The
 5    IV|           When creatures draw a breath or blow it out.~ Wherefore,
 6     V|    earth and water, air's light breath,~ And fiery exhalations (
 7     V|        beholdest~ Breathing the breath of life, the same have been~
 8    VI|     upheave amain,~ And to take breath forever out of men,~ And
 9    VI|         and steam, which like a breath~ Are forced out from them
10    VI|       harsh when mortal draws a breath;~ Of not a few must one
11    VI|      topple. From the mouth the breath~ Would roll a noisome stink,
12    VI|        Beset with ringings, the breath quick and short~ Or huge
13    VI| Outstretched, would yield their breath distressfully~ For so that