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The road ended at the beach facing the narrow strip of water between Kent Island and the Eastern Shore of mainland Maryland . Incredibly , to our eyes , but certainly , there before us , inshore , breasting the rough water and headed ...
The road ended at the beach facing the narrow strip of water between Kent Island and the Eastern Shore of mainland Maryland . Incredibly , to our eyes , but certainly , there before us , inshore , breasting the rough water and headed ...
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What if her eyes were there , they in her head ? The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars As daylight doth a lamp ; her eyes in heaven Would through the airy region stream so bright That birds would sing and think it were not ...
What if her eyes were there , they in her head ? The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars As daylight doth a lamp ; her eyes in heaven Would through the airy region stream so bright That birds would sing and think it were not ...
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To my eyes the scene was one of great quietness and peace . The momentary plane and the curlews only moved through it , not ruffling the calm . That day in San Diego I had visited the Timken Gallery and had looked for a long time at the ...
To my eyes the scene was one of great quietness and peace . The momentary plane and the curlews only moved through it , not ruffling the calm . That day in San Diego I had visited the Timken Gallery and had looked for a long time at the ...
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Contents
Something about Swans | 3 |
The Pleasures of Seconds | 21 |
Listening | 37 |
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Bibliographic information
| 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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