Fire Whitman

Famous quotes containing the words fire and/or whitman:

    The fire I praise was once perduring flame
    Till it snuffs with our generation out;
    No matter, it’s all one, it’s but a name
    Not as late honeysuckle half so stout....
    Allen Tate (1899–1979)

    He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher.
    —Walt Whitman (1819–1892)