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The bright side of the planet moves toward darknessAnd the cities are falling asleep, each in its hour,And for me, now as then, it is too much.There is too much world.
The bright side of the planet moves toward darknessAnd the cities are falling asleep, each in its hour,And for me, now as then, it is too much.There is too much world.
Approximate author period: c. 1957 AD · modern
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- Czesław Miłosz
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- Approximate author period: c. 1957 AD · modern
Approximate period for the recorded attribution to Czesław Miłosz, based on documented lifetime 1911 to 2004. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45970 (checked 2026-10-08). This is not a quotation composition date or independent authentication of its attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45970 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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