Famous Quotes | He sought an earthly leader who...

He sought an earthly leader who could stand
Without panache, without cockade,
Son only of man and sun of men,
The outer captain, the inner saint,
The pine, the pillar and the priest,
The voice, the book, the hidden well.... - Wallace Stevens
Attribution: Wallace Stevens (1879–1955), U.S. poet. “A Thought Revolved.”

Categories: Heroes And Heroines

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