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Therefore with idle hands and head I sit In late December before the fire's daze Punished by crimes of which I would be quit.

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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
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Daze
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December
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Idle
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Christmas

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