“The seed of Appomattox blooms; its fruit
Rots where eyes are dazed with a hungry searching,
And ears are deaf with steps that murmur and follow
No command.”

— Donald Davidson

The Last Charge

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American poet, essayist, critic and author 1893–1968

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