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...that fleshInside the fairytale.Like all our wise mothersShe understands time,Understands that thingsAre wrought day by day,With steadiness,With steeliness,Wearing down rocksWith the patienceOf constant rain...
...With Elizabeth Bishop’s translations into English, which began in the 1960s, they a reached a wide readership....
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