Famous Quotes | The skreak and skritter of...

The skreak and skritter of evening gone
And grackles gone and sorrows of the sun,
The sorrows of sun, too, gone . . . the moon and moon,
The yellow moon of words about the nightingale
In measureless measures, not a bird for me....
- Wallace Stevens
Attribution: Wallace Stevens (1879–1955), U.S. poet. “Autumn Refrain.”

Categories: Desolation

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