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Buildings
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If nothing else, Alice, you will have sight of one of the grandest buildings in the city, one of the grandest ever built, in fact. That florid thing cost three hundred eighty thousand dollars to erect! It is as ornate as a cathedral. But, oh so mixed up. A bit of everything thrown in---Second Empire, Renaissance, Italian, with Corinthian columns, no less. Gold ceiling medallions, frescoes, murals, sculptures--- even a fountain, where the futures are sold. Well, not in the fountain.” Constance la
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― The Seamstress of New Orleans
― The Seamstress of New Orleans
“
yet he did live with images of water
falling over rock
on a slate bed forever gleaming
falling
among trees older than centuries
whispering vapors to nodding bluebells faint ferns
hallooing to the voices of the sky
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― Penguins in a Warming World
― Penguins in a Warming World
