William Empson (1906–1984) English literary critic and poet
"Just a Smack at Auden" (1937), line 15; cited from John Haffenden (ed.) The Complete Poems (London: Allen Lane, 2000) p. 81.
The Complete Poems
“For those who have an intense urge for Spirit and wisdom, it sits
near them, waiting.”
Source: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
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