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"Tetti innevati" (1878), olio su tela, 64 x 82 cm, del pittore Gustave Caillebotte (Musee d'Orsay, Parigi)


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"I make my shroud but no one knows"
di Adelaide Crapsey (1878-1914)

I make my shroud but no one knows,
So shimmering fine it is and fair,
With stitches set in even rows.
I make my shroud but no one knows.
In door-way where the lilac blows,
Humming a little wandering air,
I make my shroud and no one knows,
So shimmering fine it is and fair.

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