Crawling Quote by Dylan Thomas

“... an ugly, lovely town ... crawling, sprawling ... by the side of a long and splendid curving shore. This sea-town was my world.”

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Crawling Long Lovely Sea Shore Sides Splendid Towns Ugly World

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