| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 37239 |
| QUOTATION: | The roots of the grass strain,
Tighten, the earth is rigid, waits—he is waiting—
And suddenly, and all at once, the rain! |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Archibald MacLeish (1892–1982), U.S. poet. Memorial Rain (l. 37–39). . .
Modern American & British Poetry. Louis Untermeyer, ed., in consultation with Karl Shapiro and Richard Wilbur. (Rev., shorter ed., 1955) Harcourt, Brace and Company. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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