But he sleeps on the top of his mast with his eyes closed tight. The g…

Elizabeth Bishop
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But he sleeps on the top of his mast with his eyes closed tight. The gull inquired into his dream, which was, I must not fall. The spangled sea below wants me to fall. It is hard as diamonds; it wants to destroy us all. ✨ Elizabeth Bishop (2015). Poems, p.24, Macmillan
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The whole shadow of Man is only as big as his hat. ✨ Elizabeth Bishop (2015). Poems, p.16, Macmillan
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And as to experience-well, think how little some good poets have had, or how much some bad ones have.

But he sleeps on the top of his mast with his eyes closed tight. The gull inquired into his dream, which was, I must not fall. The spangled sea below wants me to fall. It is hard as diamonds; it wants to destroy us all. ✨ Elizabeth Bishop (2015). Poems, p.24, Macmillan

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