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There is a calm for you where men and women Unroll the chill precision of moving feet.

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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
Feet
Moving
Women
Men
Precision
Chill
Calm

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