Edwin Arlington Robinson Quotes

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A thousand golden sheaves were lying there,
Shining and still, but not for long to stay—
As if a thousand girls with golden hair
Might rise from where they slept and go away.

Edwin Arlington Robinson

Go to the western gate, Luke Havergal,
There where the vines cling crimson on the wall,
And in the twilight wait for what will come.

Edwin Arlington Robinson

The small intolerable drums
Of time are like slow drops descending.

Edwin Arlington Robinson

Still searching, like poor old astronomers, Who totter off to bed and go to sleep To dream of untriangulated stars.

Edwin Arlington Robinson

I cannot find my way: there is no star
In all the shrouded heavens anywhere

Edwin Arlington Robinson

The gods are growing old;
The stars are singing Golden hair to gray
Green leaf to yellow leaf,—or chlorophyl
To xanthophyl, to be more scientific.

Edwin Arlington Robinson

Edwin Arlington Robinson

Edwin Arlington Robinson

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Born: December 22, 1869

Died: April 6, 1935 (aged 65)

Bio: Edwin Arlington Robinson was an American poet who won three Pulitzer Prizes for his work.

Known for:

Richard Cory
The Man Against the Sky: A Book of Poems (1916)
Children of The Night (1897)
The town down the river (1910)
Robinson: Poems

Most used words:

kind, golden, love, leaf, miniver, time

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