For the Poem Paterson [3. St. Valentine]
A woman's breasts for beauty A man's delights for charm The rod and cups of duty to stave us from harm! A woman's eyes a woman's thighs and a man's straight look: Cities rotted to pig-sties will stand up by that book!
Credit
From The Collected Poems of William Carlos Williams. Copyright © 1988 by Christopher MacGowan. Reprinted with permission of New Directions Publishing Corporation.
Author
William Carlos Williams
Poet, novelist, essayist, and playwright William Carlos Williams is often said to have been one of the principal poets of the Imagist movement.
Date Published
01/01/1988