A Quote by John Ashbery

The summer demands and takes away too much. /But night, the reserved, the reticent, gives more than it takes

John Ashbery

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Away Demands Gives More Much Night Reserved Summer Takes Than Too Too Much

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John Ashbery
American - Poet
Born: July 28, 1927

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