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3 Henry David Thoreau Quotes on Metaphor

Henry David Thoreau quotes on metaphor

  1. The bluebird carries the sky on his back.

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  2. The vessel, though her masts be firm, Beneath her copper bears a worm.

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  3. It would be worth the while to look closely into the eye which has been open and seeing at such hours, and in such solitudes, its dull, yellowish, greenish eye. Methinks my own soul must be a bright invisible green.

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