I think of those who were truly great. The names of those who in their lives fought for life, Who wore at their hearts the fire's center. -Stephen Spender

 

I think of those who were truly great. The names of those who in their lives fought for life, Who wore at their hearts the fire's center.


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Great poetry is always written by somebody straining to go beyond what he can do.

Stephen Spender

People sometimes divide others into those you laugh at and those you laugh with. The young Auden was someone you could laugh-at-with.

Stephen Spender

I think of those who were truly great. The names of those who in their lives fought for life, Who wore at their hearts the fire's center.

Stephen Spender

When you read and understand a poem, comprehending its rich and formal meanings, then you master chaos a little.

Stephen Spender

When a child, my dreams rode on your wishes, / I was your son, high on your horse, / My mind a top whipped by the lashes / Of your rhetoric, windy of course.

Stephen Spender