We more than awaken, sit on the edge of sleep,
As on an elevation, and behold
The academies like structures in a mist. (Wallace Stevens)

We more than awaken, sit on the edge of sleep, As on an elevation, and behold The academies like structures in a mist.

Wallace Stevens

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