Avignon/peopleborn or Died in Avignon

Famous quotes containing the words avignon and/or died:

    “Force is my lot and not pink-clustered
    Roma ni Avignon ni Leyden,
    And cold, my element. Death is my
    Master and, without light, I dwell.”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

    “They said, “Here are the maps”; we burned the cities.
    It was not dying—no, not ever dying;
    But the night I died I dreamed that I was dead,
    And the cities said to me: “Why are you dying?
    We are satisfied, if you are; but why did I die?””
    —Randall Jarrell (1914–1965)