a great man is gone. Tall as the truth was who; and wore hi… - E. E. Cummings

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a great man is gone. Tall as the truth was who; and wore his ... life like a ... sky.

E. E. Cummings

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Edward Estlin Cummings (October 14 1894 – September 3 1962) was an American poet. Because of the typography used in many of his works it has become a widespread tradition for his name to be presented in lower case as e. e. cummings, though he himself continued to use uppercase letters in signing his own name.

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Birth Name: Edward Estlin Cummings

Alternative Names: e. e. cummings • E. Estlin Cummings • e e cummings • EE cummings • Edward Eatlin Cummings

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i do not know what it is about you that closes
and opens;only something in me understands
the voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses

—the great my darling happens to be that love are in we, that love are in we

Love is the voice under all silences, the hope which has no opposite in fear; the strength so strong mere force is feebleness: the truth more first than sun, more last than star...

a great man is gone. Tall as the truth was who; and wore his ... life like a ... sky. - E. E. Cummings

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