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This poet’s spouse created a bust of Sappho for their farmhouse in upstate New York, which Mary Oliver recalled visiting in the essay “Steepletop.” A poem by this author observes that “the rain / is full of ghosts tonight” (10[2])and notes, “summer sang in me / A little while.” This poet commanded the reader to “let geese gabble and hiss” (10[2])in a poem that considers (10[1])those who “have (10[1])heard her massive (10[1])sandal set on stone.” (10[1])That sonnet by this author imagines the (10[1])“terrible (10[1])day, (10[1])when first the shaft into his vision shone (10[1])/ of light (10[1]-5[1])anatomized!” (10[1])This poet stated “Infinity / Came down (10[1])and settled over (-5[1])me” (10[1])in a poem beginning “All I could see (10[1])from where I stood (10[3])/ Was three long mountains (10[1])and a wood.” (10[1])For 10 points, name this poet of “Euclid alone has looked (10[1])on (10[1])Beauty (10[1])bare” and (10[1])“Renascence.” (10[2])■END■ (10[8]0[23])

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