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)

    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)

    Come dame or maid, be not afraid,
    Poor Tom will injure nothing.
    —Unknown. Tom o’ Bedlam’s Song (l. 11–12)

    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)

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