"Ut olim flagitiis, sic nunc legibus, laboramus."
["As we were formerly by crimes, so we are now overburdened by
laws."--Tacitus, Annal., iii. 25.]
["As we were formerly by crimes, so we are now overburdened by
laws."--Tacitus, Annal., iii. 25.]
American poet, playwright, and essayist known for her distinctive voice and modernist style.
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