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Quotation by Hilda Doolittle
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Hilda Doolittle (465)
Strong to break dead things,
the young tree, drained of sap,
the old tree, ready to drop,
to lift from the rotting bed
of leaves, the old
crumbling pine tree stock.
the young tree, drained of sap,
the old tree, ready to drop,
to lift from the rotting bed
of leaves, the old
crumbling pine tree stock.
Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961), U.S. poet. "Demeter."
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