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Ralph Hodgson
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“Time, you old gipsy man, Will you not stay, Put up your caravan Just for one day?”
Ralph Hodgson (1871–1962) said by 1962 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“'Twould ring the bells of Heaven The wildest peal for years, If Parson lost his senses And people came to theirs, And he and they together Knelt down with angry prayers For tamed and shabby tigers And dancing dogs and bears, And wretched, blind, pit ponies, And little hunted hares.”
Ralph Hodgson (1871–1962) said by 1962 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Reason has moons, but moons not hers Lie mirror'd on her sea, Confounding her astronomers, But, O! delighting me.”
Ralph Hodgson (1871–1962) said by 1962 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I saw with open eyes, Singing birds sweet, Sold in the shops, For the people to eat, Sold in the shops of, Stupidity Street.”
Ralph Hodgson (1871–1962) said by 1962 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“God loves an idle rainbow, Not less than labouring seas.”
Ralph Hodgson (1871–1962) said by 1962 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Hodgson, a man of steadfast integrity and strong personality, possessed true distinction.”
Ralph Hodgson (1871–1962) said by 1962 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Martin Seymour-Smith Guide to Modern World Literature (London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1973] 1975) vol. 1, p. 237.
“'...one of those men who seem commonplace when first met but then prove to be completely original both in their work and their lives... Apparently slight and unpretentious, his work has a queer magic, which is what I want from poetry.”
Ralph Hodgson (1871–1962) said by 1962 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: J.B. Priestley The Edwardians (London: Heinemann, 1970. SBN 434 60332 5. P.125.)