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The heavy trees, The grunting, shuffling branches, the robust, The nocturnal, the antique, the blue-green pines Deepen the feelings to inhuman depths.

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Wallace Stevens
Age: 75 †
Born: 1879
Born: October 2
Died: 1955
Died: August 2
Journalist
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Poet
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Heavy
Deepen
Green
Antiques
Blue
Inhuman
Tree
Robust
Grunting
Feelings
Depths
Pines
Branches
Nocturnal
Trees
Shuffling
Depth
Antique

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