Famous Quotes | Uncle Ben’s brass...

Uncle Ben’s brass bullet-mould
And powder horn, and Major Bogan’s face
Above the fire, in the half-light, plainly said
There’s naught to kill but the animated dead; - Allen Tate
Attribution: Allen Tate (1899–1979), U.S. poet. The Oath (l. 2–5). . . Collected Poems, 1919-1976 [Allen Tate]. (1989) Louisiana State University Press.

Categories: Death, Killing

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