Stephen Spender Quotes

Stephen Spender
English Poet
Born: Feb 28, 1909
Died: Jul 16, 1995
Blocking Church Critic Great Religion Stands
Related authors: Alexander Pope Alfred Lord Tennyson John Keats John Milton Percy Bysshe Shelley Robert Browning William Blake William Wordsworth
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
Dreams Son Mind Top High Windy Horse Wishes Course Rode Child Rhetoric Whipped Your Lashes
There is a certain justice in criticism. The critic is like a midwife - a tyrannical midwife. Stephen Spender
Justice Criticism Tyrannical Critic Like Midwife Certain
When you read and understand a poem, comprehending its rich and formal meanings, then you master chaos a little. Stephen Spender
You Master Rich Chaos Poem Read Understand Formal Little Then Meanings

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