Barren Quote by Hilda Doolittle

“But beauty is set apart, beauty is cast by the sea, a barren rock, beauty is set about with wrecks of ships.” quote by Hilda Doolittle — Download Open image

“But beauty is set apart, beauty is cast by the sea, a barren rock, beauty is set about with wrecks of ships.”

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