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Saint-John Perse Quotes: Poetry allies itself with beauty - a supreme union - but never uses it as its ultimate goal or sole nourishment.
         

Poetry allies itself with beauty - a supreme union - but never uses it as its ultimate goal or sole nourishment.


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