Gabriel Asked

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“The rose and poppy are her flowers; for where
Is he not found, O Lilith, whom shed scent
And soft-shed kisses and soft sleep shall snare?
Lo! as that youth’s eyes burned at thine, so went
Thy spell through him, and left his straight neck bent
And round his heart one strangling golden hair.”
—Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882)

“You said, “They’re harmless dreamers and they’re loved by the people.”M”What,” I asked you, “is harmless about a dreamer, and what,” I asked you, “is harmless about the love of the people?—Revolution only needs good dreamers who remember their dreams.””
—Tennessee Williams (1914–1983)