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Sun and moon and day and night and man and beast each with a splendor which man in all his vileness cannot set aside each with an excellence!

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
Excellence
Sun
Moon
Mankind
Night
Vileness
Cannot
Splendor
Men
Aside
Beast

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