“Who owns the whole rainy, stony earth? Death.
Who owns all of space? Death.”
Ted Hughes book Crow
"Examination at the Womb-door"
Crow (1970)
Crow: From the Life and Songs of the Crow is a literary work by poet Ted Hughes, first published in 1970 by Faber and Faber, and one of Hughes' most important works. Writing for the Ted Hughes Society journal in 2012, Neil Roberts, Emeritus Professor of English Literature at the University of Sheffield, said:
“Who owns the whole rainy, stony earth? Death.
Who owns all of space? Death.”
Ted Hughes book Crow
"Examination at the Womb-door"
Crow (1970)
“But who is stronger than death?
Me, evidently.”
Ted Hughes book Crow
"Examination at the Womb-door"
Crow (1970)