Quote #34

One thing remaining, infallible, would be Enough.

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  3. Susanna's music touched the bawdy strings Of those white elders; but, escaping, Left only Death's ironic scraping. Now, in its immortality,…
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  7. My candle burned alone in an immense valley. Beams of the huge night converged upon it, Until the wind blew. Then beams of the huge night C…
  8. A breath upon her hand Muted the night. She turned - A cymbal crashed, Amid roaring horns.

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