Sunday Morning by Wallace Stevens Flashcards by Stephanie Lu | Brainscape

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Complacencies of the peignoir, and late

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Coffee and oranges in a sunny chair,

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Coffee and oranges in a sunny chair,

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And the green freedom of a cockatoo

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And the green freedom of a cockatoo

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Upon a rug mingle to dissipate

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Upon a rug mingle to dissipate

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The holy hush of ancient sacrifice.

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The holy hush of ancient sacrifice.

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She dreams a little, and she feels the dark

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She dreams a little, and she feels the dark

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Encroachment of that old catastrophe,

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Encroachment of that old catastrophe,

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As a calm darkens among water lights.

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As a calm darkens among water lights.

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The pungent oranges and bright, green wings

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The pungent oranges and bright, green wings

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Seem things in some procession of the dead,

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Seem things in some procession of the dead,

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Winging across wide water, without sound.

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Winging across wide water, without sound.

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The day is like wide water, without sound,

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The day is like wide water, without sound,

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Stilled for the passing of her dreaming feet

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Stilled for the passing of her dreaming feet

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Over the seas, to silent Palestine,

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Over the seas, to silent Palestine,

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Dominion of the blood and sepulchre.

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Dominion of the blood and sepulchre.

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Why should she give her bounty to the dead?

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Why should she give her bounty to the dead?

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What is divinity if it can come

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What is divinity if it can come

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Only in silent shadows and in dreams?

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Only in silent shadows and in dreams?

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Shall she not find in comforts of the sun,

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Shall she not find in comforts of the sun,

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In pungent fruit and bright, green wings, or else

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In pungent fruit and bright, green wings, or else

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In any balm or beauty of the earth,

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In any balm or beauty of the earth,

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Things to be cherished like the thought of heaven?

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Things to be cherished like the thought of heaven?

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Divinity must live within herself:

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Divinity must live within herself:

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Passions of rain, or moods in falling snow;

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Passions of rain, or moods in falling snow;

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Grievings in loneliness, or unsubdued

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Grievings in loneliness, or unsubdued

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Elations when the forest blooms; gusty

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Elations when the forest blooms; gusty

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Emotions on wet roads on autumn nights;

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Emotions on wet roads on autumn nights;

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All pleasures and all pains, remembering

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All pleasures and all pains, remembering

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The bough of summer and the winter branch.

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The bough of summer and the winter branch.

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These are the measures destined for her soul.