Carolina QuotesThey darted down and rose up like a wave Or buzzed impetuously as before; One would have thought the corpse was held a slave To living by the life it bore!
Allen Tate Connected to the Carolinas
Source
"A Carrion", from Poems (1961)
- year
- 1961
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“They darted down and rose up like a wave Or buzzed impetuous…” Allen Tate. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-BE60D21405. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/be60d21405
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