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[The] whirlwind fife-and-drum of the storm bends the salt marsh grass, disturbs stars in the sky and the star on the steeple it is a privilege to see so much confusion.

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Marianne Moore
Age: 84 †
Born: 1887
Born: November 15
Died: 1972
Died: February 5
Essayist
Poet
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Writer
Kirkwood
Missouri
Marianne Moore
Marianne Craig Moore
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Salt
Steeple
Stars
Confusion
Steeples
Much
Grass
Marsh
Storm
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Disaster
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Privilege
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Whirlwind
Star
Drum
Fife

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