| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 46720 |
| QUOTATION: | Black water, smooth above the weir
Like starry velvet in the night,
Though ruffled once, would soon appear
The same as ever to the sight. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869–1935), U.S. poet. The Mill (l. 21–24). . .
Norton Anthology of Poetry, The. Alexander W. Allison and others, eds. (3d ed., 1983) W. W. Norton & Company. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Robinson Collection. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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