hoe-full

Updated: May 13, 2025

One can feel, to an ounce, it seems, the strain upon the muscles implied by that hoe-full of earth. Millet. "The Grafter." Oftener than anything, perhaps, it was the sense of weight that interested Millet. It is the adjustment of her body to the weight of the child she carries that gives her statuesque pose to the wife of the grafter.

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