Famous Quotes | Speak, then, my Beauty, to this...

Speak, then, my Beauty, to this dire putrescence,
To the worm that shall kiss your proud estate,
That I have kept the divine form and the essence
Of my festered loves inviolate! - Allen Tate
Attribution: Allen Tate (1899–1979), U.S. poet, critic. “A Carrion.”

Categories: Critic, Death

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