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Quotes from The Novices — Denise Levertov

1923–1997 England

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To leave the open fields
and enter the forest, that was the rite.
Knowing there was mystery, they could go.
Go back now! And he receded among the multitude of forms, the twists and shadows they saw now, listening to the hum of the world's wood.

The Novices (1960)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Denise Levertov (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.