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Tilting up his nose,
He inhaled the rancid rosin, burly smells
Of dampened lumber, emanations blown
From warehouse doors, the gustiness of ropes,
Decays of sacks, and all the arrant stinks
That helped him round his rude æsthetic out.

Wallace Stevens

Wallace Stevens (1879–1955), U.S. poet. "The Comedian as the Letter C.."

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