Summer has filled her veins with light and her heart is washed with noon.

Quote by C Day Lewis

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No good poem, however confessional it may be, is just a self-expression. Who on earth...

No good poem, however confessional it may be, is just a self-expression. Who on earth...

We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand.

We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand.

First, I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that...

First, I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that...

Now the peak of summer's past, the sky is overcast And the love we swore...

Now the peak of summer's past, the sky is overcast And the love we swore...

My comfort is, that old age, that ill layer-up of beauty, can do no more...

My comfort is, that old age, that ill layer-up of beauty, can do no more...

One's age should be tranquil, as childhood should be playful. Hard work at either extremity...

One's age should be tranquil, as childhood should be playful. Hard work at either extremity...

Age is not all decay; it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life...

Age is not all decay; it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life...

Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age.

Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age.

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell...

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell...

There is absolutely nothing to be said in favour of growing old. There ought to...

There is absolutely nothing to be said in favour of growing old. There ought to...

We aren't in an information age, we are in an entertainment age.

We aren't in an information age, we are in an entertainment age.

When old age shall this generation waste, Thou shalt remain, in midst of other woe...

When old age shall this generation waste, Thou shalt remain, in midst of other woe...

There sit the sainted sage, the bard divine, The few, whom genius gave to shine...

There sit the sainted sage, the bard divine, The few, whom genius gave to shine...

Nothing is inherently and invincibly young except spirit. And spirit can enter a human being...

Nothing is inherently and invincibly young except spirit. And spirit can enter a human being...

We should pay as much reverence to youth as we should to age; there are...

We should pay as much reverence to youth as we should to age; there are...

Supreme art is a traditional statement of certain heroic and religious truth, passed on from...

Supreme art is a traditional statement of certain heroic and religious truth, passed on from...

Because of their age long training in human relations for that is what feminine intuition...

Because of their age long training in human relations for that is what feminine intuition...

The Bible was written by barbarians in a barbarous, coarse and vulgar age.

The Bible was written by barbarians in a barbarous, coarse and vulgar age.

The latest refinements of science are linked with the cruelties of the Stone Age.

The latest refinements of science are linked with the cruelties of the Stone Age.

Jazz is the folk music of the machine age.

Jazz is the folk music of the machine age.

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

There are three things most men love but never understand: females, girls and women.

There are three things most men love but never understand: females, girls and women.