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Louise Bogan Quotes

1897–1970 United States

Louise Bogan (August 11, 1897 – February 4, 1970) was an American poet. She was appointed the fourth Poet Laureate to the Library of Congress in 1945, and was the first woman to hold this title.

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Women have no wilderness in them,
They are provident instead,
Content in the tight hot cell of their hearts
To eat dusty bread.

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