
"When First the Poets Sung", line 47.
These lines were repeatedly drawn on by Sitwell in his later works.
Cities and Thrones and Powers, Stanza 1 (1906).
Puck of Pook's Hill 1906
"When First the Poets Sung", line 47.
These lines were repeatedly drawn on by Sitwell in his later works.
This is in fact something an admirer said, which Christie quoted with disapproval in LIFE magazine (14 May 1956), p. 98
Misattributed
"I am envious of writers who are in India" http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/envious-of-writers-who-are-in-india-kiran-desai/1/180336.html (October 30, 2006), Interview by Nabanita Sircar, India Today
“New York is the perfect model of a city, not the model of a perfect city.”
My Works and Days (1979)
Source: Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
The Lord of Misrule
The Lord of Misrule and Other Poems (1915)
Context: He died and He went down to hell!
You know not what you mean.
Our rafters were of green fir. Also our beds were green.
But out of the mouth of a fool, a fool, before the darkness fall,
We tell you He is risen again,
The Lord of Life is risen again,
The boughs put forth their tender buds, and
Love is Lord of all!
“The total amount of electric power generated by India would not suffice to light up New York City.”
Source: The Future As History (1960), Chapter II, Part 5, The Terrible Ascent, p. 81
Further explaining the previous remarks. http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/17/nagin.city/
2006
“New York City's very pretty in the night-time
But oh, don't you miss Soho?”
"The Boy Looked at Johnny"(with Carl Barat)
Lyrics and poetry