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... spring trips to Arlington and Lowville in quest of whistling swans , I thought of that first spring in 1955 when they were such a wonder to her , and I wrote some verses about that day . If I may , I shall make of them a period to this ...
... spring trips to Arlington and Lowville in quest of whistling swans , I thought of that first spring in 1955 when they were such a wonder to her , and I wrote some verses about that day . If I may , I shall make of them a period to this ...
Page 65
... springs and streams of water . It had another kind of spring as well . On the desert side , in a long cleft , there was an oasis of palms and a hot spring of healing water ; two other mineral springs , one hot and one cold , flowed at ...
... springs and streams of water . It had another kind of spring as well . On the desert side , in a long cleft , there was an oasis of palms and a hot spring of healing water ; two other mineral springs , one hot and one cold , flowed at ...
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... Springs has grown greatly in area and population since that spring , the reflections its earlier state suggested will not now be impertinent . Quite the contrary , I think . For what struck me about it so forcibly was the way in which ...
... Springs has grown greatly in area and population since that spring , the reflections its earlier state suggested will not now be impertinent . Quite the contrary , I think . For what struck me about it so forcibly was the way in which ...
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