Famous Quotes | As groceries in a pantry gleam...

As groceries in a pantry gleam and smile
Because they are important weights
Bought with the metal minutes of your pay,
So do these hours stand in solid rows,
The dowry for a use in common life. - Karl Shapiro
Attribution: Karl Shapiro (b. 1913), U.S. poet, critic. V-Letter (l. 56–60). . . New & Selected Poems, 1940–1986 [Karl Shapiro]. (1987) University of Chicago Press.

Categories: Critic, Freedom, Necessity, War

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