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Quotation by Elizabeth Bishop
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as quoted in Contemporary Poets, 3rd ed. by James Vinson (1980)At the FishhousesFilling StationFirst Death in Nova ScotiaIn the Waiting RoomRelated Subjects
tourists and tourism (12) trains (7) home (6) experience (5) life (5) sea (4) poetry (3) roads (3) art (3)
What childishness is it that while there's breath of life
in our bodies, we are determined to rush
to see the sun the other way around?
in our bodies, we are determined to rush
to see the sun the other way around?
Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979), U.S. poet. "Questions of Travel."
Bishop, an avid traveler, spent the last 16 years of her life in Brazil.
Bishop, an avid traveler, spent the last 16 years of her life in Brazil.
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