The past above, the future below and the present pouring down: the roar, the roar of the present, a speech — is, of necessity, my sole concern. - William Carlos Williams

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The past above, the future below
and the present pouring down: the roar,
the roar of the present, a speech — is, of necessity, my sole concern.

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William Carlos Williams (17 September 1883 – 4 March 1963) was an American poet and physician.

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I think these days when there is so little to believe in — — when the old loyalties — — God, country, and the hope of Heaven — — aren't very real, we are more dependent than we should be on our friends. The only thing left to believe in — — someone who seems beautiful.

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