Denise Levertov (October 24, 1923 – December 20, 1997) was a British-born American poet.
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Famous quotes by denise levertov:
“Not fear
but a stirring
of wonder makes me
catch my breath when I feel
the tug of it when I thought
it had loosened itself and gone.”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
“... forgotten signs
all bringing the soul’s travels to a place
of origin, a well
under the lake where the Muse moves.”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
“Hair of man, man-hair, hair of
breast and groin, marking contour as
silverpoint marks in cross-
hatching ...”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
“Joy, the, ‘well . . . joyfulness of
joy’M’many years
I had not known it,’ the woman of eighty
said, ‘only remembered, till now.’”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
“Who is at my window, who, who?
It’s the blind cuckoo, mulling
the old song over.
The old song is about fear, about
tomorrow and next year.
Timor mortis conturbat me, he sings....”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)