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Through the cold time she holds me with evergreen devotion she bears up my whiteness.

Earle Birney

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Earle Birney
Age: 91 †
Born: 1904
Born: May 13
Died: 1995
Died: September 3
Poet
University Teacher
Writer
Calgary
Canada
Earle Alfred Birney
Evergreens
Whiteness
Holds
Devotion
Bears
Cold
Time
Evergreen

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