“Oh shall I see the Thames again?
The prow-promoted gems again,
As beefy ATS
Without their hats
Come shooting through the bridge?
And "cheerioh" and "cheeri-bye"
Across the waste of waters die,
And low the mists of evening lie
And lightly skims the midge.”
"Henley-on-Thames", from New Bats in Old Belfries.
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English poet, writer and broadcaster 1906–1984Related quotes

Song lyrics, Never for Ever (1980)

The Inferno (1917), Ch. XVII
Context: What I have seen is going to disappear, since I shall do nothing with it. I am like a mother the fruit of whose womb will perish after it has been born.
What matter? I have heard the annunciation of whatever finer things are to come. Through me has passed, without staying me in my course, the Word which does not lie, and which, said over again, will satisfy.

As quoted in Straight Whisky: A Living History of Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'n' Roll on the Sunset Strip (2003), by Erik Quisling, and Austin Lowry Williams p. 152

“I must plunge into the water of doubt again and again.”
Source: 1930s-1951, Philosophical Occasions 1912-1951 (1993), Ch. 7 : Remarks on Frazer's Golden Bough, p. 119

The Use of Life (1894), ch. IV: Recreation
"Come again", line 1, The First Book of Songs.

"Since we have to die in any case, what's the use of seeing each other again?"
Drawn and Quartered (1983)