Famous Cecil Day Lewis Quotes
“How selfhood begins with a walking away,
And love is proved in the letting go.”
"Walking Away" (1962), p. 33
Requiem for the Living (1964)
Context: I have had worse partings, but none that so
Gnaws at my mind still. Perhaps it is roughly
Saying what God alone could perfectly show —
How selfhood begins with a walking away,
And love is proved in the letting go.
Thou Shell of Death (1936)
“It's hard to believe a spirit could die
Of such generous glow”
Birthday Poem for Thomas Hardy (1949)
“Is it birthday weather for you, dear soul?
Is it fine your way”
Birthday Poem for Thomas Hardy (1949)
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