Here lies one not long dead; His dark hearing caught our far wheels, and the choked soul stretched weak hands To reach the living word the far wheels said, The blood-dazed intelligence beating for light, Crying through the suspense of…

Quote by Isaac Rosenberg

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I despair of ever writing excellent poetry.

I despair of ever writing excellent poetry.

I can't look at things in the simple, large way that great poets do.

I can't look at things in the simple, large way that great poets do.

I can only say that one's individual situation is more real and important to oneself...

I can only say that one's individual situation is more real and important to oneself...

I wanted to write a battle song for the Judeans but so far I can...

I wanted to write a battle song for the Judeans but so far I can...

You mustn't forget the circumstances I have been brought up in, the little education I...

You mustn't forget the circumstances I have been brought up in, the little education I...

I never joined the army for patriotic reasons.

I never joined the army for patriotic reasons.

I will not leave a corner of my consciousness covered up, but saturate myself with...

I will not leave a corner of my consciousness covered up, but saturate myself with...

Poetical appreciation is only newly bursting on me.

Poetical appreciation is only newly bursting on me.

Nobody ever told me what to read, or ever put poetry in my way.

Nobody ever told me what to read, or ever put poetry in my way.

Nothing can justify war.

Nothing can justify war.

Being by the nature of my upbringing, all my energies having been directed to one...

Being by the nature of my upbringing, all my energies having been directed to one...