I stood like Adam in his lonely gardenOn that first morning, shaken out of sleep,Rubbing his eyes, listening, parting th — Mary Oliver, New and Selected Poems, Vol. 1
I stood like Adam in his lonely gardenOn that first morning, shaken out of sleep,Rubbing his eyes, listening, parting th — Mary Oliver, New and Selected Poems, Vol. 1
I stood like Adam in his lonely gardenOn that first morning, shaken out of sleep,Rubbing his eyes, listening, parting th — Mary Oliver, New and Selected Poems, Vol. 1
I stood like Adam in his lonely gardenOn that first morning, shaken out of sleep,Rubbing his eyes, listening, parting th — Mary Oliver, New and Selected Poems, Vol. 1
I stood like Adam in his lonely gardenOn that first morning, shaken out of sleep,Rubbing his eyes, listening, parting th — Mary Oliver, New and Selected Poems, Vol. 1
I stood like Adam in his lonely gardenOn that first morning, shaken out of sleep,Rubbing his eyes, listening, parting th — Mary Oliver, New and Selected Poems, Vol. 1
I stood like Adam in his lonely gardenOn that first morning, shaken out of sleep,Rubbing his eyes, listening, parting th — Mary Oliver, New and Selected Poems, Vol. 1
I stood like Adam in his lonely gardenOn that first morning, shaken out of sleep,Rubbing his eyes, listening, parting th — Mary Oliver, New and Selected Poems, Vol. 1
I stood like Adam in his lonely gardenOn that first morning, shaken out of sleep,Rubbing his eyes, listening, parting th — Mary Oliver, New and Selected Poems, Vol. 1
I stood like Adam in his lonely gardenOn that first morning, shaken out of sleep,Rubbing his eyes, listening, parting th — Mary Oliver, New and Selected Poems, Vol. 1
I stood like Adam in his lonely gardenOn that first morning, shaken out of sleep,Rubbing his eyes, listening, parting th — Mary Oliver, New and Selected Poems, Vol. 1
I stood like Adam in his lonely gardenOn that first morning, shaken out of sleep,Rubbing his eyes, listening, parting th — Mary Oliver, New and Selected Poems, Vol. 1
I stood like Adam in his lonely gardenOn that first morning, shaken out of sleep,Rubbing his eyes, listening, parting th — Mary Oliver, New and Selected Poems, Vol. 1
I stood like Adam in his lonely gardenOn that first morning, shaken out of sleep,Rubbing his eyes, listening, parting th — Mary Oliver, New and Selected Poems, Vol. 1
I stood like Adam in his lonely gardenOn that first morning, shaken out of sleep,Rubbing his eyes, listening, parting th — Mary Oliver, New and Selected Poems, Vol. 1
I stood like Adam in his lonely gardenOn that first morning, shaken out of sleep,Rubbing his eyes, listening, parting th — Mary Oliver, New and Selected Poems, Vol. 1
I stood like Adam in his lonely gardenOn that first morning, shaken out of sleep,Rubbing his eyes, listening, parting th — Mary Oliver, New and Selected Poems, Vol. 1
I stood like Adam in his lonely gardenOn that first morning, shaken out of sleep,Rubbing his eyes, listening, parting th — Mary Oliver, New and Selected Poems, Vol. 1
I stood like Adam in his lonely gardenOn that first morning, shaken out of sleep,Rubbing his eyes, listening, parting th — Mary Oliver, New and Selected Poems, Vol. 1
I stood like Adam in his lonely gardenOn that first morning, shaken out of sleep,Rubbing his eyes, listening, parting th — Mary Oliver, New and Selected Poems, Vol. 1
I stood like Adam in his lonely gardenOn that first morning, shaken out of sleep,Rubbing his eyes, listening, parting th — Mary Oliver, New and Selected Poems, Vol. 1
I stood like Adam in his lonely gardenOn that first morning, shaken out of sleep,Rubbing his eyes, listening, parting th — Mary Oliver, New and Selected Poems, Vol. 1
I stood like Adam in his lonely gardenOn that first morning, shaken out of sleep,Rubbing his eyes, listening, parting th — Mary Oliver, New and Selected Poems, Vol. 1
I stood like Adam in his lonely gardenOn that first morning, shaken out of sleep,Rubbing his eyes, listening, parting th — Mary Oliver, New and Selected Poems, Vol. 1
I stood like Adam in his lonely gardenOn that first morning, shaken out of sleep,Rubbing his eyes, listening, parting th — Mary Oliver, New and Selected Poems, Vol. 1
I stood like Adam in his lonely gardenOn that first morning, shaken out of sleep,Rubbing his eyes, listening, parting th — Mary Oliver, New and Selected Poems, Vol. 1
I stood like Adam in his lonely gardenOn that first morning, shaken out of sleep,Rubbing his eyes, listening, parting th — Mary Oliver, New and Selected Poems, Vol. 1
I stood like Adam in his lonely gardenOn that first morning, shaken out of sleep,Rubbing his eyes, listening, parting th — Mary Oliver, New and Selected Poems, Vol. 1
I stood like Adam in his lonely gardenOn that first morning, shaken out of sleep,Rubbing his eyes, listening, parting th — Mary Oliver, New and Selected Poems, Vol. 1
I stood like Adam in his lonely gardenOn that first morning, shaken out of sleep,Rubbing his eyes, listening, parting th — Mary Oliver, New and Selected Poems, Vol. 1
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I stood like Adam in his lonely gardenOn that first morning, shaken out of sleep,Rubbing his eyes, listening, parting the leaves,Like tissue on some vast, incredible gift.

— Mary Oliver, New and Selected Poems, Vol. 1
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