Quote #50

Among twenty snowy mountains, The only moving thing Was the eye of the blackbird.

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  3. That strange flower, the sun, Is just what you say. Have it your way. The world is ugly, And the people are sad.
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  8. I know noble accents And lucid, inescapable rhythms; But I know, too, That the blackbird is involved In what I know.

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