Famous Quotes | Now, from the Gates of Hercules...
Now, from the Gates of Hercules we flood
Westward, westward till the barbarous brine
Whelms us to the tired land where tasseling corn,
Fat beans, grapes sweeter than muscadine
Rot on the vine: in that land were we born.
- Allen Tate
Attribution: Allen Tate (1899–1979), U.S. poet, critic. “The Mediterranean.”
Categories: Critic, Home
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