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QUOTATION:But famished field and blackened tree
Bear flowers in Eden never known.
Blossoms of grief and charity
Bloom in these darkened fields alone.
ATTRIBUTION:Edwin Muir (1887–1959), Scottish poet. One Foot in Eden (l. 20–23). . .

New Oxford Book of English Verse, The, 1250–1950. Helen Gardner, ed. (1972) Oxford University Press.
 
 
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