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Born in November 19, 1899 / Died in February 9, 1979 / United States / English

Poems by Allen Tate

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Pastoral

... And there they were by the river ...

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To A Romantic

... And because your clamorous blood ...

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Light

... To streets where leaking casements dripped ...

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The Eagle

... Think not the world spins ever ...

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Sonnets Of The Blood II

... It studied burns lest you its rage should smother ...

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The Trout Map

... Which made the government fish lie down and laugh ...

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Sonnets At Christmas I

... Figured with boys and girls spilt from a sled, ...

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Idiot

... Flies yield their heat, magnolias drench the ground ...

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Jubilo

... . . Tail-spinning from the shelves of sky ...

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Homily

... That wove their interior smoke its way, ...

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Obituary

... Shall now her touselled eyes rinse out the haze ...

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The Ancestors

... When the night's coming and the last light falls ...

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The Subway

... Dazed, while the worldless heavens bulge and reel ...

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Farewell To Anactoria

... (Sappho) Never the tramp of foot or horse, ...

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Message From Abroad

... by the miasmal banks of tidewaters where malarial fever ...