Famous Quotes | When it is all over and the...

When it is all over and the blood
Runs out, do not bury this man
By the far river (where never stood
His fathers) flowing to the West,
But take him East where life began. - Allen Tate
Attribution: Allen Tate (1899–1979), U.S. poet, critic. “Emblems.”

Categories: Burial, Critic, Home

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