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91 grace of the willows retreating in definition along the shore , the tangle of blonde sedges on the bank . I was going to visit again , as one always revisits a favorite picture in a gallery , something seen before and loved .
91 grace of the willows retreating in definition along the shore , the tangle of blonde sedges on the bank . I was going to visit again , as one always revisits a favorite picture in a gallery , something seen before and loved .
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100 the shore , some already lighting fires against the evening chill . Just below me a family was laying out a picnic supper . The smaller children , not yet gathered in , were running in and out of the water with their dog .
100 the shore , some already lighting fires against the evening chill . Just below me a family was laying out a picnic supper . The smaller children , not yet gathered in , were running in and out of the water with their dog .
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In between the foreground and the flat left shore of river and lake the landscape is varied with woods , open farms , and a single church . On the far shore steep crags and jagged peaks make holds for castles and towers .
In between the foreground and the flat left shore of river and lake the landscape is varied with woods , open farms , and a single church . On the far shore steep crags and jagged peaks make holds for castles and towers .
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Contents
Something about Swans | 3 |
The Pleasures of Seconds | 21 |
Listening | 37 |
Copyright | |
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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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