"Feign then what's by a decent tact believed And act that state is only so conceived, And build an edifice of form For house where phantoms may keep warm."
— William Empson

January 1, 1970

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Literary criticsPoets from EnglandUniversity of Cambridge alumniAcademics from the United KingdomFellows of the British Academy
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