James Merrill
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Father Time and Mother Earth,
A marriage on the rocks.
James Ingram Merrill (March 3, 1926 – February 6, 1995) was an American poet.
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Quotes
[edit]- Always that same old story—
Father Time and Mother Earth,
A marriage on the rocks.- "The Broken Home" (1966)
- Since it had never truly fit, why wear
The shoe of prose? In verse the feet went bare.- "The Book of Ephraim" (1976)
External links
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