A. D. Hope Quotes

A. D. Hope Quotes

Alec Derwent Hope was an Australian poet and essayist known for his satirical slant. He was also a critic, teacher and academic. He was referred to in an American journal as "the 20th century's greatest 18th-century poet". Wikipedia

✵ 21. July 1907 – 13. July 2000

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“Adam had learned the jolly deed of kind:
He took her in his arms and there and then
Like the clean beasts, embracing from behind,
Began in joy to found the breed of men.”

A. D. Hope

Imperial Adam (l. 25-28).

“Quaking muscles in the act of birth,
Between her legs a pigmy face appear,
And the first murderer lay upon the earth.”

A. D. Hope

Imperial Adam (l. 42-44).

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