“The world rolls under the long thrust of his heel.
Over the cage floor the horizons come.”
"The Jaguar"
The Hawk in the Rain (1957)
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Ted Hughes 55
English poet and children's writer 1930–1998Related quotes

“He rolls it under his tongue as a sweet morsel.”
Psalm 36.
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Source: The Story of his Life Told by Himself (1898), p. 62

“The Birds” http://www.schulzian.net/translation/shops/birds.htm
His father, Adela (the domestic servant)