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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
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Kingston
Jamaica
Louis Aston Marantz Simpson
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