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The very form, the very scent,
not heavy, not sensuous,
but perilous perilous
of orchids, piled in a great sheath. - Hilda Doolittle
Attribution: Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961), U.S. poet. “At Baia.”

Categories: Flowers

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