Famous quotes containing the words dame edith sitwell, edith sitwell, dame edith, dame, edith and/or sitwell:
“Then sounds the voice of One who like the heart of man
Was once a child who among beasts has lain—
‘Still do I love, still shed my innocent light, my Blood, for thee.’”
—Dame Edith Sitwell (1887–1964)
“Jane, Jane,
Tall as a crane,
The morning light creaks down again;”
—Dame Edith Sitwell (1887–1964)
“Mother or Murderer, you have
given or taken life—
Now all is one!”
—Dame Edith Sitwell (1887–1964)
“One who can find lemons sweet and grapes sour is ready for Dame Fortune.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“The living blind and seeing Dead together lie
As if in love . . . There was no more hating then,
And no more love; Gone is the heart of Man.”
—Dame Edith Sitwell (1887–1964)
“The last faint spark
In the self-murdered heart, the wounds of the sad uncomprehending
dark,
The wounds of the baited bear,—
The blind and weeping bear whom the keepers beat
On his helpless flesh . . . the tears of the hunted hare.”
—Dame Edith Sitwell (1887–1964)