Randall Jarrell Quote

The Author to the Reader
I've read that Luther said (it's come to me
So often that I've made it into meter):
And even if the world should end tomorrow
I still would plant my little apple-tree.
Here, reader, is my little apple-tree.


epigraph, p. vi - A Sad Heart at the Supermarket: Essays & Fables (1962)


The Author to the Reader I've read that Luther said (it's come to me So often that I've made it into meter): And even if the world should end...

The Author to the Reader I've read that Luther said (it's come to me So often that I've made it into meter): And even if the world should end...

The Author to the Reader I've read that Luther said (it's come to me So often that I've made it into meter): And even if the world should end...

The Author to the Reader I've read that Luther said (it's come to me So often that I've made it into meter): And even if the world should end...