“I felt afraid.
And I remembered the cry of the peacocks.”

— Wallace Stevens , book Harmonium

"Domination of Black"
Harmonium (1923)
Context: I saw how the night came,
Came striding like the color of the heavy hemlocks.
I felt afraid.
And I remembered the cry of the peacocks.

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American poet 1879–1955

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