Attending there let us absorb the cultures of nations … - William Empson

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Attending there let us absorb the cultures of nations And dissolve into our judgement all their codes. Then, being clogged with a natural hesitation (People are continually asking one the way out), Let us stand here and admit that we have no road.

William Empson

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Sir William Empson (27 September 1906 – 15 April 1984) was an influential English literary critic and poet.

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