He might take habit, whether from wave or phrase, Or power … - Wallace Stevens

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He might take habit, whether from wave or phrase, Or power of the wave, or deepened speech, Or a leaner being, moving in on him, Of greater aptitude and apprehension, As if the waves at last were never broken, As if the language suddenly, with ease, Said things it had laboriously spoken.

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Wallace Stevens (2 October 1879 – 2 August 1955) was an American modernist poet and businessman.

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He might take habit, whether from wave or phrase, Or power of the wave, or deepened speech, Or a leaner being, moving in on him, Of greater aptitude … - Wallace Stevens

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