"Heredity Proposes love, love exacts language, and we……" — Allen Tate
"Heredity Proposes love, love exacts language, and we lack Language. When shall we speak again? When shall The sparrow dusting the gutter sing? When shall This drift with silence meet the sun? When shall I wake?"
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Allen Tate
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37 Quotes by Allen Tate
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But in our age the appeal to authority is weak, and I am of my age.
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The innocent mansion of a panther's heart!
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