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This is the earliest peatland quote I could find. Presumably the lesson is to keep moving, keep the momentum, for better or worse.
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-K. Berry, Myths and legends of the Great Plains
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The bog floor shakes,
water cheeps and lisps
as I walk down
rushes and heather.
-Seamus Heaney, North
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Bog Child by S. Dowd
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