Emily DickinsonMine Enemy is growing old --I have at last Revenge --The Palate of the Hate departs --If any would avenge Let him be quick -- the Viand flits --It is a faded Meat --Anger as soon as fed is dead --'Tis starving makes it fat
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The quote, “Mine Enemy is growing old --I have at last Revenge --The Palate of the Hate departs --If any would avenge Let him be quick -- the Viand flits --It is a faded Meat --Anger as soon as fed is dead --'Tis starving makes it fat” are some lines from William Shakespeare's "Hamlet." The lines are spoken by Hamlet, who is grieving over the death of his father. He compares his enemy's aging to his own growing old. He says that by having revenge for his father, he will be able to smile again.
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