Wallace Stevens quote: The exceeding brightness of this early sunMakes me conceive how dark I have become.

The exceeding brightness of this early sunMakes me conceive how dark I have become.

~ Wallace Stevens ~

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The exceeding brightness of this early sunMakes me conceive how dark I have become.

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