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Stephen Spender
English
Poet
About the author
There is a certain justice in criticism. The critic is like a midwife - a tyrannical midwife.
Stephen Spender,
English
Poet
#Justice
#Criticism
When a child, my dreams rode on your wishes, I was your son, high on your horse, My mind a top whipped by the lashes Of your rhetoric, windy of course.
Stephen Spender,
English
Poet
#Dreams
#Mind
#Son
#Wishes
#Rhetoric
Religion stands, the Church blocking the sun.
Stephen Spender,
English
Poet
#Religion
#Sun
#Church
Great poetry is always written by somebody straining to go beyond what he can do.
Stephen Spender,
English
Poet
#Poetry
When you read and understand a poem, comprehending its rich and formal meanings, then you master chaos a little.
Stephen Spender,
English
Poet
#Chaos