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The sky was a midnight-blue, like warm, deep, blue water, and the moon seemed to lie on it like a water-lily, floating forward with an invisible current.

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Willa Cather
Age: 73 †
Born: 1873
Born: December 7
Died: 1947
Died: April 24
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Willa Sibert Cather
Forward
Floating
Moon
Current
Deep
Currents
Lying
Invisible
Water
Warm
Like
Seemed
Lily
Sky
Lilies
Blue
Midnight

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