Famous Quotes | Odors blown sweet as infants’...

Odors blown sweet as infants’ naked flesh,
Soft as oboes, green as a studded plain,
Others, corrupt, rich and triumphant, thresh
Expansions to the infinite of pain:
Amber and myrrh, benzoin and musk condense
To transports of the spirit and the sense! - Allen Tate
Attribution: Allen Tate (1899–1979), U.S. poet, critic. “Correspondences.”

Categories: Critic, Fragrances, Sensation

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