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I'll dig in into my days, having come here to live, not to visit. Grey is the price of neighboring with eagles, of knowing a mountain's vast presence, seen or unseen.

Denise Levertov

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Denise Levertov
Age: 74 †
Born: 1923
Born: October 24
Died: 1997
Died: December 20
Poet
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Ilford
London
Priscilla D Levertoff
Priscilla Denise Levertoff
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Days
Eagles
Seen
Grey
Knowing
Unseen
Women
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Home
Vast
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Presence
Come
Price
Mountain
Neighboring

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