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The idiot greens the meadow with his eyes, The meadow creeps implacable and still A dog barks, the hammock swings, he lies. One two three the cows bulge on the hill.

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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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Idiot
Greens
Still
Dog
Meadows
Lies
Bark
Bulge
Eyes
Creeps
Hammock
Lying
Hill
Barks
Eye
Swings
Hammocks
Three
Cows
Implacable
Two
Hills
Meadow

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