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:
“Big-Little, Great-
Small; Big then ate
Little and his plate....”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)
“Gentlemen, let’s
Forget the past, its related errors, coarseness
Of parents, laxities, unrealities of principle
Think of tomorrow. Make a firm postulate
Of simplicity in desire and act....”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)
“O animal excellence,
Take pterodactyl flight
Fire-winged into the air
And find your lair
With cunning sense
On some Arabian bight....”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)
“Say never the strong heart
In the consuming breath
Cries out unto the dark
The skinny death.”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)
“Is it a new spring star
Within the timing chill,
Talking, or just a mime,
That rises in the blood
Thin Jack-and-Jilling seas
Without the human will?”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)