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Anthony Hecht Quotes

1923–2004 United States

Anthony Evan Hecht (January 16, 1923 – October 20, 2004) was an American poet.

United States
Poets

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No light, no light in the blue Polish eye.

The Hard Hours (1967)

Running to fat, but dependable as they come.

The Hard Hours (1967)

And sometimes I bring her a bottle of Nuit d' Amour.

The Hard Hours (1967)

Much casual death had drained away their souls.

The Hard Hours (1967)

And then she said one or two unprintable things.

The Hard Hours (1967)

No prayers or incense rose up in those hours
Which grew to be years, and every day came mute
Ghosts from the ovens, sifting through crisp air,
And settled upon his eyes in a black soot.

The Hard Hours (1967)

The Lüger hovered lightly in its glove.

The Hard Hours (1967)

To have been brought
All the way down from London, and then be addressed
As a sort of mournful cosmic last resort
Is really tough on a girl, and she was pretty.

The Hard Hours (1967)

She got to looking out
At the lights across the channel, and really felt sad,
Thinking of all the wine and enormous beds
And blandishments in French and the perfumes.

The Hard Hours (1967)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Anthony Hecht (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.