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Yeats's swans were of course the mute variety , the Cygnus olor of Europe . Ruth's discovery , unlike mine the week before , came not as 8 the triumphant ending of a quest , but as.
Yeats's swans were of course the mute variety , the Cygnus olor of Europe . Ruth's discovery , unlike mine the week before , came not as 8 the triumphant ending of a quest , but as.
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Translation of the notes of a song into spelled - out syllables or into words or phrases is of course strictly impossible , and when attempts at it do sometimes prove helpful , as with “ Peabody , Peabody ” for the song of the white ...
Translation of the notes of a song into spelled - out syllables or into words or phrases is of course strictly impossible , and when attempts at it do sometimes prove helpful , as with “ Peabody , Peabody ” for the song of the white ...
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There were exceptions , of course , as when a descriptive name was given , such as “ Baia de Ballenas ” for one of the “ ensenadas ” or open bays in Baja California where the gray whales congregate for calving and breeding .
There were exceptions , of course , as when a descriptive name was given , such as “ Baia de Ballenas ” for one of the “ ensenadas ” or open bays in Baja California where the gray whales congregate for calving and breeding .
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Contents
Something about Swans | 3 |
The Pleasures of Seconds | 21 |
Listening | 37 |
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| Title | Something about Swans: Essays |
| Author | Madeleine Doran |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | University of Wisconsin Press, 1973 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 30 May 2008 |
| ISBN | 0299061701, 9780299061708 |
| Length | 118 pages |
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