| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 42962 |
| QUOTATION: | My life
has been given its orders: the seasons
seize
the soul and the body, and make mock
of any dispersed effort. The hour of death
is the only trespass |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Charles Olson (1910–1970), U.S. poet. Variations Done for Gerald Van de Wiele (l. 31–36). . .
Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry, The. Richard Ellmann and Robert O’Clair, eds. (2d ed., 1988) W. W. Norton & Company. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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