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" I stood like Adam in his lonely garden
On that first morning, shaken out of sleep,
Rubbing his eyes, listening, parting the leaves,
Like tissue on some vast, incredible gift. "

Mary Oliver , New and Selected Poems, Volume One


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Mary Oliver quote : I stood like Adam in his lonely garden<br />On that first morning, shaken out of sleep,<br />Rubbing his eyes, listening, parting the leaves,<br />Like tissue on some vast, incredible gift.