“The living blind and seeing Dead together lie As if in love . . . There was no more hating then, And no more love; Gone is the heart of Man.” IfsMenHeartTogetherLyingHateGoneSeeingBlind Book:Selected poems Source: Selected poems
“The last faint spark In the self-murdered heart, the wounds of the sad uncomprehending dark, The wounds of the baited bear,-- The blind and weeping bear whom the keepers beat On his helpless flesh . . . the tears of the hunted hare.” HeartSelfLastsDarkDarknessTearsBearsBeatsBlindMiseryFleshWoundsSparksHelplessWeepingKeepersHuntedHares Book:Selected poems Source: Selected poems
“Still falls the rain - dark as the world of man, black as our loss - blind as the nineteen hundred and forty nails upon the Cross.” MenWorldStillsFallBlackDarkLossHundredRainCrossesBlindFortyNailsRainy DayNineteen Author:Edith Sitwell
