THESE are the desolate, dark weeks when nature in its barrenness equal…

William Carlos Williams
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THESE are the desolate, dark weeks when nature in its barrenness equals the stupidity of man. The year plunges into night and the heart plunges lower than night. ✨ Ian D. Copestake, William Carlos Williams (2004). Rigor of Beauty: Essays in Commemoration of William Carlos Williams, p.100, Peter Lang
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