Carolina QuotesIt is G.E. Moore at the spinet.
Randall Jarrell Carolinian
Source
“Reflections on Wallace Stevens”, p. 131
- work
- Poetry and the Age (1953)
- year
- 1953
- locator
- p. 131
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“It is G.E. Moore at the spinet.” Randall Jarrell. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-23012132C0. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/23012132c0
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