I have fallen in love with American names, The sharp, gaunt names…

I have fallen in love with American names, The sharp, gaunt names that never get fat, The snakeskin-titles of mining-claims, The plumed war-bonnet of Medicine Hat, Tucson and Deadwood and Lost Mule Flat.

Stephen Vincent Benet

American Names · 1927

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1927

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Stephen Vincent Benet

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Benét, Stephen Vincent. "American Names." Yale Review, Oct. 1927.

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