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No words that I know of will say what these mosses are . None are delicate enough , none perfect enough , none rich enough . How is one to tell of the rounded bosses of furred and beaming green , —the starred divisions of rubied bloom ...
No words that I know of will say what these mosses are . None are delicate enough , none perfect enough , none rich enough . How is one to tell of the rounded bosses of furred and beaming green , —the starred divisions of rubied bloom ...
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