Remember Haydn's 104 symphonies. Not all of them were great. But there…

Raymond Carver
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Remember Haydn's 104 symphonies. Not all of them were great. But there were 104 of them. ✨ Raymond Carver (2015). All of Us: The Collected Poems, p.379, Vintage
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