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" in the bowl distill
a word most bitter, marah,
a word bitterer still, mar,
sea, brine, breaker, seducer . . .
till marah-mar
are melted, fuse and join
and change and alter,
mer, mere, mère, mater, Maia, Mary,
Star of the Sea,
Mother. "
― H.D. , Trilogy: The Walls Do Not Fall / Tribute to the Angels / The Flowering of the Rod