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Quotation by William Empson
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Homage to the British Museum
Hours before dawn we were woken by the quake
Ignorance of Death
It is the pain, it is the pain, endures
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William Empson
William Empson (1906–1984), British critic, poet. Ignorance of Death (l. 3–6). . .
Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry, The. Richard Ellmann and Robert O'Clair, eds. (2d ed., 1988) W. W. Norton & Company.
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