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Thomas Sturge Moore
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“Then, cleaving the grass, gazelles appear (The gentler dolphins of kindlier waves) With sensitive heads alert of ear; Frail crowds that a delicate hearing saves.”
Thomas Sturge Moore (1870–1944) first seen 1903 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Gazelles", line 13; from The Centaur's Booty (London: Duckworth, 1903) p. ix.
“For milkmaids and queens and gipsy-princesses Dream and kiss blindfold or starve upon guesses.”
Thomas Sturge Moore (1870–1944) first seen 1914 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reason Enough", line 7; from The Sea is Kind (London: Grant Richards, 1914) p. 75.
“Break free, my soul, good manners are thy tomb!”
Thomas Sturge Moore (1870–1944) first seen 1914 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reason Enough", line 18; from The Sea is Kind (London: Grant Richards, 1914) p. 75.
“Shells with lip, or tooth, or bleeding gum, Tell-tale shells, and shells that whisper 'Come', Shells that stammer, blush, and yet are dumb – " "O let me hear!”
Thomas Sturge Moore (1870–1944) first seen 1914 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A Duet", line 5; from The Sea is Kind (London: Grant Richards, 1914) p. 78.
“In my opinion Mr. Moore is a greater poet than Mr. Yeats. He has lived obscurely, and has not displayed Mr. Yeats's talent for self-dramatization; for these reasons and others he has never become a public figure or a popular writer.”
Thomas Sturge Moore (1870–1944) said by 1944 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Yvor Winters Uncollected Essays and Reviews (Chicago: Swallow Press, 1973) p. 139.