Edith Sitwell quote: Your soul: pure glucose edged with hintsOf tentative and half-soiled tints

Your soul: pure glucose edged with hintsOf tentative and half-soiled tints

~ Edith Sitwell ~

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Your soul: pure glucose edged with hintsOf tentative and half-soiled tints

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