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scherzo♫
Apr 22, 2013 rated it really liked it
Love the language ... here's the beginning:
Shall we gather at the river
Where bight angel-feet have trod
Will you look at us by the river! The whole restless mob of us on spread blankets in the dreamy briny sunshine skylarking and chiacking about for one day, one clear, clean, sweet day in a good world in the midst of our living. ...
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