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Wallace Stevens
Wallace Stevens
Wallace Stevens was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, on October 2, 1879. He...
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Nomad Exquisite  
by Wallace Stevens

As the immense dew of Florida
Brings forth
The big-finned palm
And green vine angering for life,

As the immense dew of Florida
Brings forth hymn and hymn
From the beholder,
Beholding all these green sides
And gold sides of green sides,

And blessed mornings,
Meet for the eye of the young alligator,
And lightning colors
So, in me, come flinging
Forms, flames, and the flakes of flames.



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From Collected Poems by Wallace Stevens. Copyright © 1923, 1951, 1954 by Wallace Stevens. Reprinted with permission of Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
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