Allen Tate
John Orley Allen Tate (November 19, 1899 – February 9, 1979) was an American poet, essayist, social commentator, and Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1943 to 1944.
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Famous quotes by allen tate:
“Uncle Bens brass bullet-mould
And powder horn, and Major Bogans face
Above the fire, in the half-light, plainly said
Theres naught to kill but the animated dead;”
—Allen Tate (18991979)
“No head knows where its rest is
Or may lie down with reason
When wars usurping claws
Shall take heart escheat....”
—Allen Tate (18991979)
“because your clamorous blood
Beats an impermanent rest
You think the dead arise
Westward and fabulous:
The dead are those whose lies
Were doors to a narrow house.”
—Allen Tate (18991979)
“A hunger flashing in the eye
Which jutting bellies would belie.”
—Allen Tate (18991979)
“this winters revolt of the unbellied trees
one reason being theyre all gnarled knees”
—Allen Tate (18991979)