Quotation by Randall Jarrell

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—Here, the flag snaps in the glare and silence
Of the unbroken ice. I stand here,
The dogs bark, my beard is black, and I stare
At the North Pole. . .
And now what? Why, go back.

Turn as I please, my step is to the south.

Randall Jarrell

Randall Jarrell (1914–1965), U.S. poet, critic. 90 North (l. 9–14). . .

The Complete Poems [Randall Jarrell]. (1969; repr. 1989) Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

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