Indian Pipe, Stanza 4; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 391.
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Death in the wood,—
In the death-pale lips apart;
Death in a whiteness that curdled the blood,
Now black to the very heart:
The wonder by her was formed
Who stands supreme in power;
To show that life by the spirit comes
She gave us a soulless flower!
— Elaine Goodale Eastman
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Death in the wood,—
In the death-pale lips apart;
Death in a whiteness that curdled the blood,
Now black to the very heart:
The wonder by her was formed
Who stands supreme in power;
To show that life by the spirit comes
She gave us a soulless flower!" in the context of "Indian Pipe, Stanza 4; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 391." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Elaine Goodale Eastman
Elaine Goodale Eastman (1863–1953) was an American poet along with her sister of Dora Read Goodale. The sisters published their first poetry as children still living at home, and were included in Edmund Clarence Stedman's classic An American Anthology (1900).
About Elaine Goodale Eastman
Elaine Goodale Eastman (1863–1953) was an American poet along with her sister of Dora Read Goodale. The sisters published their first poetry as children still living at home, and were included in Edmund Clarence Stedman's classic An American Anthology (1900).
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