At twelve I was determined to shoot only For honor; at twenty not to shoot at all; I know at thirty-three that one must shoot As often as one gets the rare chance - In killing there is more than commentary.
I have felt darkness lead me by the hand Over the hill to greet the singing dawn. - Allen Tate
I have felt darkness lead me by the hand Over the hill to greet the singing dawn.
- Allen Tate
Men expect too much, do too little, Put the contraption before the accomplishment, Lack skill of the interior mind To fashion dignity with shapes of … - Allen Tate
Men expect too much, do too little, Put the contraption before the accomplishment, Lack skill of the interior mind To fashion dignity with shapes of …
Poets are mysterious, but a poet when all is said is not much more mysterious than a banker. - Allen Tate
Poets are mysterious, but a poet when all is said is not much more mysterious than a banker.
The mission for the day is to encourage students to think beyond traditional career opportunities, prepare for future careers and entrance into the w… - Allen Tate
The mission for the day is to encourage students to think beyond traditional career opportunities, prepare for future careers and entrance into the w…
Serious poetry deals with the fundamental conflicts that cannot be logically resolved: we can state the conflicts rationally, but reason does not rel… - Allen Tate
Serious poetry deals with the fundamental conflicts that cannot be logically resolved: we can state the conflicts rationally, but reason does not rel…
But we shall not know the world by looking at it; we know it by looking at the hovering fly. - Allen Tate
But we shall not know the world by looking at it; we know it by looking at the hovering fly.
We are afraid that we have not lived. We are not afraid of dying. - Allen Tate
We are afraid that we have not lived. We are not afraid of dying.
In a manner of speaking, the poem is its own knower, neither poet nor reader knowing anything that the poem says apart from the words of the poem. - Allen Tate
In a manner of speaking, the poem is its own knower, neither poet nor reader knowing anything that the poem says apart from the words of the poem.
Men cannot live forever But they must die forever. - Allen Tate
Men cannot live forever But they must die forever.
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