Carolina QuotesNacreous pearl light swam faintly about the hem of the lilac darkness; the edges of light and darkness were stitched upon the hills. Morning moved like a pearl-gray tide across the fields and up the hillflanks, flowing rapidly down into the soluble dark.
Thomas Wolfe Carolinian
Source
p. 142
- work
- Look Homeward, Angel (1929)
- year
- 1929
- locator
- p. 142
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“Nacreous pearl light swam faintly about the hem of the lilac…” Thomas Wolfe. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-A396329AED. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/a396329aed
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