Aisle Quote by Edith Wharton

“Set wide the window. Let me drink the day. I loved light ever, light in eye and brain No tapers mirrored in long palace floors, Nor dedicated depths of silent aisles, But just the common dusty wind-blown day That roofs earth's millions.”

Edith Wharton

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Aisle Brain Common Dedicated Depth Drink Earth Eye Let me Light Long Millions Palaces Roof Silent Wide Wind Window

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