Alexander Chee quote ✍️

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By the 1880s, English translations of both the French and the Russian editions were available, and Americans began to read 'War and Peace.'
Poet’s word, with inverted comma, for the end of the day
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E
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E
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N
Hint 1 meaning
The old plural of Eye.
Hint 2 anagram
EEN
Hint 3 another clue
AND STILL ___
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