It is the sea that whitens the roof. The sea drifts through… - Wallace Stevens

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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. This gloom is the darkness of the sea.

Wallace Stevens

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

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