Donald Davidson: Burning

Donald Davidson was American poet, essayist, critic and author. Explore interesting quotes on burning.
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“We mourned with you then in brotherhood,
And I'll weep with you now for those whose names
Burn on your monuments like altar flames.”

Donald Davidson

Late Answer: A Civil War Seminar

“I want the word that burns into my heart
Like God's coal alive on the Prophet's tongue.
I would listen now while memory is ablaze
To seal your testament within my soul.”

Donald Davidson

Soldier and Son

God , Soul , Memory

“Why did my father write? I know he saw
History clutched as a wraith out of blowing mist
Where tongues are loud, and a glut of little souls
Laps at the too much blood and the burning house.”

Donald Davidson

Lee in the Mountains

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