Dame Edith Sitwell

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    In a borealic iceberg came Victoria; she
    Knew Prince Albert’s tall memorial took the colours of the floreal
    And the borealic iceberg;
    Dame Edith Sitwell (1887–1964)

    Jane, Jane,
    Tall as a crane,
    The morning light creaks down again;
    —Dame Edith Sitwell (1887–1964)

    Vulgarity is, in reality, nothing but a modern, chic, pert descendant of the goddess Dullness.
    Dame Edith Sitwell (1887–1964)

    You know, a dame with a rod is like a guy with a knitting needle.
    Geoffrey Homes (1902–1977)

    If you’re an actor, a real actor, you’ve got to be on the stage. But you mustn’t go on the stage unless it’s absolutely the only thing you can do.
    —Dame Edith Evans (1888–1976)

    I’m not the man to baulk at a low smell,
    I’m not the man to insist on asphodel.
    This sounds like a He-fellow, don’t you think?
    It sounds like that. I belch, I bawl, I drink.
    —Dame Edith Sitwell (1887–1964)