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INFANTA MARINA by WALLACE STEVENS

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First Line: HER TERRACE WAS THE SAND
Last Line: And uttered their subsiding sound
Subject(s): WOMEN; SEA; OCEAN;
Her terrace was the sand
Her terrace was the sand
And the palms and the twilight.
And the palms and the twilight.
She made of the motions of her wrist
She made of the motions of her wrist
The grandiose gestures
The grandiose gestures
Of her thought.
Of her thought.
The rumpling of the plumes
The rumpling of the plumes
Of this creature of the evening
Of this creature of the evening
Came to be sleights of sails
Came to be sleights of sails
Over the sea.
Over the sea.
And thus she roamed
And thus she roamed
In the roamings of her fan,
In the roamings of her fan,
Partaking of the sea,
Partaking of the sea,
And of the evening,
And of the evening,
As they flowed around
As they flowed around
And uttered their subsiding sound.
And uttered their subsiding sound.




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