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So different, this man And this woman: A stream flowing In a field.
William Carlos Williams
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William Carlos Williams
Age: 79 †
Born: 1883
Born: September 17
Died: 1963
Died: March 4
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Man has survived hitherto because he was too ignorant to know how to realise his wishes- Now that he can realise them, he must either change them or perish
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Poets are damned but they are not blind, they see with the eyes of angels.
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