Osbert Sitwell (1892–1969) British baronet
"When First the Poets Sung", line 47.
These lines were repeatedly drawn on by Sitwell in his later works.
“Moments like this are buds on the tree of life. Flowers of darkness they are.”
— Virginia Woolf, book Mrs Dalloway
Source: Mrs. Dalloway
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