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Stevie Smith Quotes: Coleridge received the Person from Porlock And ever after called him a curse, Then why did he hurry to let him in? He could have hid in the house.
         

Coleridge received the Person from Porlock And ever after called him a curse, Then why did he hurry to let him in? He could have hid in the house.


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The sea was angry that day my friend, like an old man trying to send back soup at a deli.



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I'll have your heart, if not by gift my knife Shall carve it out. I'll have your heart, your life.



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Why does my muse only speak when she is uhnhappy? She does not, I only listen when I am unhappy.





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