Marianne Moore Quote

The world's an orphans' home. Shall we never have peace without sorrow? without pleas of the dying for help that won't come. O quiet form upon the dust, I cannot look and yet I must.


In Distrust of Merits (1941), st. 7


The world's an orphans' home. Shall we never have peace without sorrow? without pleas of the dying for help that won't come. O quiet form upon the...

The world's an orphans' home. Shall we never have peace without sorrow? without pleas of the dying for help that won't come. O quiet form upon the...

The world's an orphans' home. Shall we never have peace without sorrow? without pleas of the dying for help that won't come. O quiet form upon the...

The world's an orphans' home. Shall we never have peace without sorrow? without pleas of the dying for help that won't come. O quiet form upon the...