“O great wide beautiful wonderful World
With the wonderful waters around you curled
And the beautiful grass upon your breast
O World you are beautifully dressed.”

—  John Crowley

Bk. 1, Ch. 2
Little, Big: or, The Fairies' Parliament (1981)

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American writer 1942

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