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Two Voices

by John Vance Cheney

John Vance Cheney

The winds at play on a breezy day,

Sweet, sweet to hear what they sing and say;

But sweeter the murmur of winds that blow

When only the heart and the high leaves know.




Quotes of the Day

I'm not, by nature, a collaborator. My biggest influences were people like painters and poets. These are solitary workers

• Robert Wyatt



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