Dannie Abse Quotes

Daniel Abse, CBE FRSL was a Welsh poet and physician.

✵ 22. September 1923 – 28. September 2014
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Famous Dannie Abse Quotes

“And silence matched the silence under snow.”

Dannie Abse

Poem In the theatre; Quoted in: Tony Curtis (1985) Dannie Abse, p. 32

“You sod, Leave my soul alone, leave my soul alone”

Dannie Abse

Poem In the theatre, in: Dannie Abse (1997) Welsh retrospective, p. 43

“I know the colour rose, and it is lovely,
But not when it ripens in a tumour.”

Dannie Abse

Poem The Pathology of Colours in: Dannie Abse (1981) Miscellany One - Volume 1, p. 65

“Praying is another way of singing.
You plant in the tree the soul of lemons.
You plant in the gardens the spirit of roses.”

Dannie Abse

Poem Song for Dov Shamir in: Dannie Abse (1963), Dannie Abse, p. 8

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