American - Poet | October 2, 1879 - August 2, 1955
Nothing could be more inappropriate to American literature than its English source since the Americans are not British in sensibility.
Wallace Stevens
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The fire burns as the novel taught it how.
FireHowNovelTaughtBurns
It can never be satisfied, the mind, never.
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The point of vision and desire are the same.
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As life grows more terrible, its literature grows more terrible.
LifeLiteratureMoreTerribleGrows
The reason can give nothing at all Like the response to desire.
DesireNothingReasonGiveResponse
If poetry should address itself to the same needs and aspirations, the same hopes and fears, to which the Bible addresses itself, it might rival it in distribution.
PoetryBibleSameAspirationsHopes
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