Cruelty is a part of nature, at least of human nature, but it is the one thing that seems unnatural to us.
About Robinson Jeffers
John Robinson Jefferswas an American poet known for his work about the central California coast.
Much of Jeffers’ poetry was written in narrative and epic form.
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Pleasure is the carrot dangled to lead the ass to market; or the precipice.
American poet (1887-1962)
Imagination, the traitor of the mind, has taken my solitude and slain it.
American poet (1887-1962)
Cruelty is a part of nature, at least of human nature, but it is the one thing that seems unnatural to us.
American poet (1887-1962)
He is strong and pain is worse to the strong, incapacity is worse.
American poet (1887-1962)
The love of freedom has been the quality of Western man.
American poet (1887-1962)