Stevie Smith: Wish

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“All the same, there is a difficulty. I should like him to be happy in heaven here,
But he cannot come by wishing. Only by being already at home here.”

Stevie Smith

"God Speaks"
Selected Poems (1962)

Home , Happiness

“I made Man with too many faults. Yet I love him.
And if he wishes, I have a home above for him.”

Stevie Smith

"God Speaks"
Selected Poems (1962)

Love , Home

“I wish I was more cheerful, it is more pleasant,
Also it is a duty, we should smile as well as submitting
To the purpose of One Above who is experimenting
With various mixtures of human character which goes best,
All is interesting for him it is exciting, but not for us.
There I go again. Smile, smile, and get some work to do
Then you will be practically unconscious without positively having to go.”

Stevie Smith

"Thoughts about the Person from Porlock (continued)"
Selected Poems (1962)

Smile

“So I fancy my Muse says, when I wish to die,
Oh no, Oh no, we are not yet friends enough,
And Virtue also says:
We are not yet friends enough.”

Stevie Smith

"Exeat"
The Best Beast (1966)