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The prey of fear, he, always curtailed, extinguished, thwarted by the dusk, work partly done, says to the alternating blaze, Again the sun! anew each day and new and new and new, that comes into and steadies my soul.

Marianne Moore

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Marianne Moore
Age: 84 †
Born: 1887
Born: November 15
Died: 1972
Died: February 5
Essayist
Poet
Translator
Writer
Kirkwood
Missouri
Marianne Moore
Marianne Craig Moore
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Thwarted
Fear
Blaze
Comes
Extinguished
Soul
Anew
Done
Dusk
Work
Partly
Steadies
Always
Prey
Alternating
Sun
Curtailed

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Dürer would have seen a reason for living in a town like this.
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