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Dead is the air, and still! the leaves of the locust and walnut Lazily hang from the boughs, inlaying their intricate outlines Rather on space than the sky,—on a tideless expansion of slumber.
Dead is the air, and still! the leaves of the locust and walnut Lazily hang from the boughs, inlaying their intricate outlines Rather on space than the sky,—on a tideless expansion of slumber.
Approximate author period: c. 1851 AD · industrial
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- Bayard Taylor
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- Approximate author period: c. 1851 AD · industrial
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- Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1922) (1922 AD)
Printed page 46 · quotation 16 · Bayard Taylor · Home Pastorals. August.
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