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OF HARTFORD IN A PURPLE LIGHT by WALLACE STEVENS

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First Line: A LONG TIME YOU HAVE BEEN MAKING THE TRIP
Last Line: Of the ocean, ever-freshening, / on the irised hunks, the stone bouquet
Subject(s): SUN; LIGHT; COLORS; HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT;
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