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The treasures of Cathay were never found. In this America, this wilderness Where the axe echoes with a lonely sound, The generations labor to possess And grave by grave we civilize the ground.

Louis Simpson

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Louis Simpson
Age: 89 †
Born: 1923
Born: March 27
Died: 2012
Died: September 14
Literary Critic
Poet
Translator
Kingston
Jamaica
Louis Aston Marantz Simpson
Sound
Possess
Found
Graves
America
Treasure
Never
Lonely
Civilize
Discovery
Treasures
Ground
Echoes
Labor
Grave
Generations
Wilderness

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