Therefore with idle hands and head I sit
In late December before the fire's daze
Punished by crimes of which I would be quit.


Poems, 1920-1945: A Selection (ed. 1947)

Allen Tate Quotes

Therefore with idle hands and head I sit In late December before the fire's daze Punished by crimes of which I would be quit.

Therefore with idle hands and head I sit In late December before the fire's daze Punished by crimes of which I would be quit.

Therefore with idle hands and head I sit In late December before the fire's daze Punished by crimes of which I would be quit.

Therefore with idle hands and head I sit In late December before the fire's daze Punished by crimes of which I would be quit.