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Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
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“Life is a play acted by dying men, Where, if its heroes seem to foot it well And go light-tongued without grimace of pain, Death will be found anon. And who shall tell Which part was saddest, or in youth or age, When the tired actor stops and leaves the stage?”
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (1840–1922) first seen 1892 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 'Esther, A Young Man's Tragedy" (1892), Sonnet II
“Dark to me is the earth. Dark to me are the heavens. Where is she that I loved, the woman with eyes like stars? Desolate are the streets. Desolate is the city. A city taken by storm, where none are left but the slain.”
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (1840–1922) first seen 1914 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Desolate City, from Collected Poems (1914)
“Therefore the earth is dark to me, the sunlight blackness, Therefore I go in tears and alone, by night and day; Therefore I find no love in heaven, no light, no beauty, A heaven taken by storm, where none are left but the slain!”
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (1840–1922) first seen 1914 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Desolate City, from Collected Poems (1914)
“I knew the Spring was come. I knew it even Better than all by this, that through my chase In bush and stone and hill and sea and heaven I seem'd to see and follow still your face. Your face my quarry was. For it I rode, My horse a thing of wings, myself a god.”
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (1840–1922) first seen 1914 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: St. Valentine's Day, from Collected Poems (1914)