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Men cannot live forever But they must die forever.

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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
Forever
Dies
Cannot
Live
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Men

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We are afraid that we have not lived. We are not afraid of dying.
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The twilight is long fingers and black hair.
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