“I know noble accents
And lucid, inescapable rhythms;
But I know, too,
That the blackbird is involved
In what I know.”
"Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird"
Harmonium (1923)
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American poet 1879–1955Related quotes
“I don't know what it is about accents that makes me want to get undressed and high-five myself.”
Source: My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands
“Do you know what a foreign accent is? It's a sign of bravery.”
Source: Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
1988 Democratic National Convention keynote address
1988
Source: Transcript of the Keynote Address by Ann Richards, the Texas Treasurer, The New York Times, July 19, 1988, 2006-09-16 http://www.nytimes.com/1988/07/19/us/text-richards.html?pagewanted=print,
“I know she ain't you, but she's here, and she's got that dark rhythm in her soul.”
Song lyrics, Knocked Out Loaded (1986), Brownsville Girl (with Sam Shepard)
Quoted in interview with Jack Fincher, "The University Has Become a Factory," Life magazine (1965-02-26).
