The spring without a leaf to toss, bare and bright like a virgin fierc…

Virginia Woolf
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The spring without a leaf to toss, bare and bright like a virgin fierce in her chastity, scornful in her purity, was laid out on fields wide-eyed and watchful and entirely careless of what was done or thought by the beholders. ✨ Virginia Woolf (2007). Selected Works of Virginia Woolf, p.341, Wordsworth Editions
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