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Stephen Spender Quotes
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Great poetry is always written by somebody straining to go beyond what he can do.
Stephen Spender
Great
,
Poetry
,
Somebody
Religion stands, the Church blocking the sun.
Stephen Spender
Religion
,
Sun
,
Church
There is a certain justice in criticism. The critic is like a midwife - a tyrannical midwife.
Stephen Spender
Justice
,
Criticism
,
Critic
When you read and understand a poem, comprehending its rich and formal meanings, then you master chaos a little.
Stephen Spender
Understand
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Rich
,
Read
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
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Mind
,
Son
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Biography
Nationality:
English
Type:
Poet
Born:
September 28
, 1909
Died:
July 16
, 1995
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