Charles Synge Christopher Bowen

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    The rain it raineth on the just
    And also on the unjust fella;
    But chiefly on the just, because
    The unjust steals the just’s umbrella.
    —Charles Synge Christopher Bowen (1835–1896)

    The rain it raineth on the just
    And also on the unjust fella;
    But chiefly on the just, because
    The unjust steals the just’s umbrella.
    —Charles Synge Christopher Bowen (1835–1896)

    For birth was a disease and Christopher and I invented the cure.
    Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    The charm, one might say the genius of memory, is that it is choosy, chancy, and temperamental: it rejects the edifying cathedral and indelibly photographs the small boy outside, chewing a hunk of melon in the dust.
    —Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973)