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The poet is he who fights on the passionate Side and whoever loses he wins when he Is defeated it is hard to say who wins.

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Allen Tate
Age: 79 †
Born: 1899
Born: November 19
Died: 1979
Died: February 9
Author
Literary Critic
Poet
University Teacher
Writer
Winchester
Kentucky
John Orley Allen Tate
Fighting
Whoever
War
Passionate
Hard
Poet
Poetry
Side
Loses
Fights
Sides
Wins
Winning
Defeated

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