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In California in the early Spring, There are pale yellow mornings, when the mist burns slowly into day, The air stings like Autumn, clarifies like pain - Well, I have dreamed this coast myself.
Robert Hass
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Robert Hass
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: March 1
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San Francisco County
California
Robert L. Hass
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