Famous Quotes | And songs climb out of the...

And songs climb out of the flames of the near campfires,
Pale, pastel things exquisite in their frailness
With a note or two to indicate it isn’t lost,
On them at least. The songs decorate our notion of the world
And mark its limits, like a frieze of soap-bubbles. - John Ashbery
Attribution: John Ashbery (b. 1927), U.S. poet, critic. “Business Personals.”

Categories: Critic, Fire, Songs, World, The

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