“The iron arc of the avoiding journey
Curves back upon my weakness at the end;
Whether the faint light spark against my face
Or in the dark my sight hide from my sight,
Centre and circumference are both my weakness.”

—  Stephen Spender

"Darkness And Light"
The Still Centre (1939)

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English poet and man of letters 1909–1995

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