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May 28, 2024 · “First, I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that is already clear in my mind. If it were clear in my mind, I should have no incentive or need to write about it. We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand.” ― Cecil Day Lewis. tags: writing. Read more quotes from Cecil Day-Lewis. Share this quote:
May 18, 2024 · C. Day-Lewis (born April 27, 1904, Ballintubbert, County Leix, Ire.—died May 22, 1972, Hadley Wood, Hertfordshire, Eng.) was one of the leading British poets of the 1930s; he then turned from poetry of left-wing political statement to an individual lyricism expressed in more traditional forms.
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May 31, 2024 · Cecil Day Lewis, the father of the actor then in his Communist years, evaluates the work of William Butler Yeats on his death in 1939. Day Lewis would continue writing and lecturing about Years for the rest of his literary career.
May 22, 2024 · If you do dislike him it will be because you feel a little envious of anyone who seems to enjoy life so easily. He will not be thinking about humility: he will not be thinking about himself at all.”. ― C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity.
May 30, 2024 · Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations - these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat. But it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub, and exploit - immortal horrors or everlasting splendors.”. ― C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory. tags: inspirational.
May 27, 2024 · “Selfhood begins with a walking away, And love is proved in letting go.”- Cecil Day-Lewis
May 11, 2024 · Day-Lewis compares his son to a range of common concepts using the similes "like a satellite wrenched from its orbit" and "like a winged seed", which helps the reader understand how he is feeling towards his son.
