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Nothing whips my blood like verse.

William Carlos Williams

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William Carlos Williams
Age: 79 †
Born: 1883
Born: September 17
Died: 1963
Died: March 4
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THE THOUGHTFUL LOVER Deny yourself all half things. Have it or leave it. But it will keep—or it is not worth the having. Never start anything you can't finish— However do not lose faith because you are starved! She loves you she says. Believe it —tomorrow. But today the particulars of poetry that difficult art require your whole attention.
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the set pieces of your faces stir me - leading citizens - but not in the same way.
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That which is possible is inevitable.
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O Marvelous! What new configuration will come next? I am bewildered with multiplicity.
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