Cecil Day Lewis

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    It is the logic of our times,
    No subject for immortal verse—
    That we who lived by honest dreams
    Defend the bad against the worse.
    Cecil Day Lewis (1904–1972)

    Come, live with me and be my love,
    And we will all the pleasures prove
    Of peace and plenty, bed and board,
    That chance employment may afford.
    —Cecil Day Lewis (1904–1972)

    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)

    Oh, it takes a long time and infinite patience to make them talk. Some day I’ll create a woman and it’ll be easier.
    Waldemar Young, U.S. screenwriter. Erle C. Kenton. Dr. Moreau (Charles Laughton)

    Spain is an overflow of sombreness ... a strong and threatening tide of history meets you at the frontier.
    —Wyndham Lewis (1882–1957)