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Wit is the only wall Between us and the dark. — Mark Van Doren

Poem

Wit is the only wall Between us and the dark.

Mark Van Doren
1939
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Topic
WitPower of humorHumor
Medium
Poem
Time
1939
Person
Mark Van Doren
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Citation
Doren, Mark Van. "Wit." Collected Poems 1922–1938. Henry Holt & Company, 1939, st. 1.

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