Famous Quotes | Only last year he said that the...

Only last year he said that the naked moon
Was not the moon he used to see, to feel
(In the pale coherences of moon and mood
When he was young), naked and alien,
More leanly shining from a lankier sky.
Its ruddy pallor had grown cadaverous. - Wallace Stevens
Attribution: Wallace Stevens (1879–1955), U.S. poet. “Anglais Mort à Florence.”

Categories: Age And Aging, Moon

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