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Several years later , on one of my usual 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 .
Several years later , on one of my usual 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 .
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165 Still , its canyons and slopes offered a place of escape from desert heat , of larger and more abundant game ( deer and mountain sheep ) , of fresh springs and streams of water . It had another kind of spring as well .
165 Still , its canyons and slopes offered a place of escape from desert heat , of larger and more abundant game ( deer and mountain sheep ) , of fresh springs and streams of water . It had another kind of spring as well .
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The town was very small , yet because of the springs offered plenty of accommodations for strangers . ... During my holiday fortnight , however , the weather turned uncooperative , as it has a way of doing in the desert spring .
The town was very small , yet because of the springs offered plenty of accommodations for strangers . ... During my holiday fortnight , however , the weather turned uncooperative , as it has a way of doing in the desert spring .
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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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