Famous Quotes | A withered silence filled my...

A withered silence filled my chest of sorrow
With mildewed fancies till she came to me;
My world she made of laughter and tomorrow
A lonely sail that gemmed a wasted sea.
- Allen Tate
Attribution: Allen Tate (1899–1979), U.S. poet, critic. “Debt.”

Categories: Critic, Gifts

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