"The self persists like a dying star,
In sleep, afraid." Theodore Roethke (1908-1963), U.S. poet. Meditation at Oyster River (l. 24-25). . .
Modern American Poetry. Louis Untermeyer, ed. (8th rev. ed., 1962) Harcourt, Brace and Company. |
"The whisky on your breath
Could make a small boy dizzy;
But I hung on like death;
Such waltzing was not easy." Theodore Roethke (1908-1963), U.S. poet. My Papa's Waltz (l. 1-4). . .
Norton Anthology of Poetry, The. Alexander W. Allison and others, eds. (3d ed., 1983) W. W. Norton & Company. |
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