We reason of these things with later reason And we make of … - Wallace Stevens

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We reason of these things with later reason And we make of what we see, what we see clearly And have seen, a place dependent on ourselves.

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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We reason of these things with later reason And we make of what we see, what we see clearly And have seen, a place dependent on ourselves. - Wallace Stevens

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