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Metaphorically these essays move as a quiet but observant coast-guard cutter among the rocks and islands up and down the littoral of our life.

David McCord

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David McCord
Age: 99 †
Born: 1897
Born: December 15
Died: 1997
Died: April 13
Poet
New York City
New York
David Thompson Watson McCord
Islands
Rocks
Cutter
Quiet
Metaphorically
Among
Cutters
Move
Observant
Moving
Essays
Life
Guard
Coast

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