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Throw away the light, the definitions, and say what you see in the dark.
Wallace Stevens
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Wallace Stevens
Age: 75 †
Born: 1879
Born: October 2
Died: 1955
Died: August 2
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Death is the mother of Beauty hence from her, alone, shall come fulfillment to our dreams and our desires.
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The soul, O ganders, flies beyond the parks And far beyond the discords of the wind.
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I know noble accents And lucid, inescapable rhythms But I know, too, That the blackbird is involved In what I know.
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The muddy rivers of spring Are snarling Under the muddy skies. The mind is muddy.
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