Quote by: William Carlos Williams

Danse Russe If I when my wife is sleeping and the baby and Kathleen are sleeping and the sun is a flame-white disc in silken mists above shining trees,-- if I in my north room dance naked, grotesquely before my mirror waving my shirt round my head and singing softly to myself: "I am lonely, lonely. I was born to be lonely, I am best so!" If I admire my arms, my face, my shoulders, flanks, buttocks against the yellow drawn shades,-- Who shall say I am not the happy genius of my household?


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Author Bio


  • NameWilliam Carlos Williams
  • DescriptionAmerican poet
  • BornSeptember 17, 1883
  • DiedMarch 4, 1963
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPoet; Physician; Autobiographer; Writer
  • WorksPaterson
  • AwardsNational Book Award For Poetry; Bollingen Prize; Pulitzer Prize For Poetry; National Book Award