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)

    A day lays low and lifts up again all human things.
    Sophocles (497–406/5 B.C.)

    Your kisses close my eyes and yet you stare
    As though God struck a child with nameless fears;
    —Alun Lewis (1915–1944)