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Quotation by Richard Wilbur
Even when seen from near, the olive shows
A hue of far away. Perhaps for this
The dove brought olive back, a tree which grows
Unearthly pale, which ever dims and dries,
And whose great thirst, exceeding all excess,
Teaches the South it is not paradise.
A hue of far away. Perhaps for this
The dove brought olive back, a tree which grows
Unearthly pale, which ever dims and dries,
And whose great thirst, exceeding all excess,
Teaches the South it is not paradise.
Richard Wilbur (b. 1921), U.S. poet. Grasse: The Olive Trees (l. 25–30). . .
New Oxford Book of American Verse, The. Richard Ellmann, ed. (1976) Oxford University Press.
New Oxford Book of American Verse, The. Richard Ellmann, ed. (1976) Oxford University Press.
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