Cecil Day Lewis

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    “Hunger shall make thy modest zone
    And cheat fond death of all but bone—”
    —Cecil Day Lewis (1904–1972)

    “Hunger shall make thy modest zone
    And cheat fond death of all but bone—”
    —Cecil Day Lewis (1904–1972)

    “Man’s last day must ever be awaited and none to be
    counted happy until his death, until his last funeral rites
    are paid.”
    —Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)

    “All orthodox opinion—that is, today, “revolutionary” opinion either of the pure or the impure variety—is anti-man.”
    —Wyndham Lewis (1882–1957)