“That strange flower, the sun,
Is just what you say.
Have it your way.”
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Harmonium (1923)
Context: p>That strange flower, the sun,
Is just what you say.
Have it your way.The world is ugly,
And the people are sad..</p
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Wallace Stevens278
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