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... waves of space Rush at him high and blue ; Their white spray smites his dusky face , Swifter the Sun's fierce arrows race And pierce his stout heart thro ' . His antlers fall ; once more he spurns The hoarse hounds of the day ; His ...
... waves of space Rush at him high and blue ; Their white spray smites his dusky face , Swifter the Sun's fierce arrows race And pierce his stout heart thro ' . His antlers fall ; once more he spurns The hoarse hounds of the day ; His ...
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... waves . The sea , with its border of crinkly weed , the inverted Atlantic of our unstable planet , froze me into a circle of marble , sending the icy air out in lukewarm waves . And so I brought home , as an emblem of that day ending my ...
... waves . The sea , with its border of crinkly weed , the inverted Atlantic of our unstable planet , froze me into a circle of marble , sending the icy air out in lukewarm waves . And so I brought home , as an emblem of that day ending my ...
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... Wave after wave it comes , wave after wave stones break open at our touch , small bones break free and drift out of you into me . And the skin becomes water and salt shuddering out past fingers - bloodfilled and animal- towards the ...
... Wave after wave it comes , wave after wave stones break open at our touch , small bones break free and drift out of you into me . And the skin becomes water and salt shuddering out past fingers - bloodfilled and animal- towards the ...
Contents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | xxi |
TOM WAYMAN | xxv |
INTRODUCTION | xxvii |
Copyright | |
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