Hours before dawn we were woken by the quake. My house was … - William Empson

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Hours before dawn we were woken by the quake.
My house was on a cliff. The thing could take
Bookloads off shelves, break bottles in a row.
Then the long pause and then the bigger shake.
It seemed the best thing to be up and go.

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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