Famous Quotes | Our loss put six feet under...

Our loss put six feet under ground
Is measured by the magnolia’s root;
Our gain’s the intellectual sound
Of death’s feet round a weedy tomb.
- Allen Tate
Attribution: Allen Tate (1899–1979), U.S. poet, critic. “Elegy.”

Categories: Critic, South (American)

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