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...But of these sophisms and elenchs of merchandise I skill not...
Milton, Areopagitica

Except he had found the
standing sea-rock that even this last
Temptation breaks on; quieter than death but lovelier; peace
that quiets the desire even of praising it.

Jeffers, Meditation On Saviors


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10.11.02

....mashed sour grass,
and dandelion seeds
bled an incense like high mass
from slender, chafing rods,
and the sun, like a
laundress, swung on its hip
a tub of radiance.

Joe Osterhaus
Radiance
Zoo Press

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