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Wallace Stevens Quotes: It is the sea that whitens the roof. The sea drifts through the winter air. It is the sea that the north wind makes. The sea is in the falling snow.
         

It is the sea that whitens the roof. The sea drifts through the winter air. It is the sea that the north wind makes. The sea is in the falling snow.


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This page presents the quote "It is the sea that whitens the roof. The sea drifts through the winter air. It is the sea that the north wind makes. The sea is in the falling snow.". Author of this quote is Wallace Stevens. This quote is about rain, north wind, winter, snow, fall, roof, air, sea,.