Cecil Day Lewis

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    “Nearing again the legendary isle
    Where sirens sang and mariners were skinned,
    We wonder now what was there to beguile
    That such stout fellows left their bones behind.”
    —Cecil Day Lewis (1904–1972)

    “Move then with new desires,
    For where we used to build and love
    Is no man’s land, and only ghosts can live
    Between two fires.”
    —Cecil Day Lewis (1904–1972)

    “When a man grows old his joy
    Grows more deep day after day,
    His empty heart is full at length
    But he has need of all that strength
    Because of the increasing Night
    That opens her mystery and fright.”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)