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It is poverty's speech that seeks us out the most. It is older than the oldest speech of Rome. This is the tragic accent of the scene.

Wallace Stevens
Rome, Speech, Poverty
Wallace Stevens (2011). “Selected Poems”, p.283, Knopf
It is poverty's speech that seeks us out the most. It is older than the oldest speech of Rome. This is the tragic accent of the scene.