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    “The ever-hooded, tragic-gestured sea
    Was merely a place by which she walked to sing.”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

    “The archbishop is away. The church is gray.
    He has left his robes folded in camphor
    And, dressed in black, he walks
    Among fireflies.”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)