...feeling the instant of the dawn was an event which in a single moment gathered all things together—the… — Leslie Marmon Silko
...feeling the instant of the dawn was an event which in a single moment gathered all things together—the last stars, the mountaintops, the clouds, and the winds—celebrating this coming. The power of each day spilled over the hills in great silence. Sunrise. (p169)
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