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William Empson
 
Nationality:   English
 
Date of Birth:   Sep 27, 1906
 
Date of Death:   Apr 15,  1984
 
Profession:   Poet
 
 
 
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It seems unpleasantly refined to put things off till someone knows.
 
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Law makes long spokes of the short stakes of men.
 
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My heart pumps yet the poison draught of you.
 
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You don't want madhouse and the whole thing there.
 
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The heart of standing is you cannot fly.
 
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Waiting for the end, boys, waiting for the end.
 
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